Morphological and phytochemical data of Vanilla species in Mexico
Maximino Díaz-Bautista,
Gabriela Francisco-Ambrosio,
José Espinoza-Pérez,
Hebert Jair Barrales-Cureño,
Cesar Reyes,
Braulio Edgar Herrera-Cabrera,
Marcos Soto-Hernández
Affiliations
Maximino Díaz-Bautista
División de Ciencias Naturales, Licenciatura en Desarrollo Sustentable, Universidad Intercultural del Estado de Puebla, Calle Principal a Lipuntahuaca S/N, Lipuntahuaca, Huehuetla, Puebla C.P. 73475, Mexico; Corresponding author.
Gabriela Francisco-Ambrosio
División de Ciencias Naturales, Licenciatura en Desarrollo Sustentable, Universidad Intercultural del Estado de Puebla, Calle Principal a Lipuntahuaca S/N, Lipuntahuaca, Huehuetla, Puebla C.P. 73475, Mexico
José Espinoza-Pérez
División de Ciencias Naturales, Licenciatura en Desarrollo Sustentable, Universidad Intercultural del Estado de Puebla, Calle Principal a Lipuntahuaca S/N, Lipuntahuaca, Huehuetla, Puebla C.P. 73475, Mexico
Hebert Jair Barrales-Cureño
División de Ciencias Naturales, Ingeniería Forestal Comunitaria, Universidad Intercultural del Estado de Puebla, Calle Principal a Lipuntahuaca S/N, Lipuntahuaca, Huehuetla, Puebla C.P. 73475, Mexico
Cesar Reyes
División de Ciencias Naturales, Ingeniería Forestal Comunitaria, Universidad Intercultural del Estado de Puebla, Calle Principal a Lipuntahuaca S/N, Lipuntahuaca, Huehuetla, Puebla C.P. 73475, Mexico
Braulio Edgar Herrera-Cabrera
Colegio de Postgraduados Campus Puebla, Boulevard Forjadores de Puebla No 205, San Pedro Cholula, Puebla, Mexico
Marcos Soto-Hernández
Programa en Botánica, Colegio de Postgraduados, Colegio de Postgraduados, Km. 36.5 Carr, México-Texcoco, C.P. 56230 Montecillo, Texcoco, Mexico
This systematic determination of morphological and phytochemical data was conducted with the purpose of conserving and identifying the phylogenetic relationship among the Vanilla species of the Totonacapan region in Mexico to increase awareness of the genetic biodiversity. Samples of Vanilla planifolia, V. planifolia cv. “oreja de burro”, V. pompona, V. insignis, and V. inodora, are distributed across 19 municipalities of the State of Veracruz and 19 municipalities of the State of Puebla. Morphological data parameters were determined in situ and included leaf length, leaf width, leaf thickness, stem diameter, stem thickness, node distance, stem texture degree, flower colour intensity, and fruit length. Similarly, alkaloids, tannins, saponins, phenols, flavonoids, and terpenes were determined by specifically phytochemical tests and quantified by thin layer chromatography. Both, morphological and phytochemical data parameters, were successfully used in assembling dendrograms by using the Euclidian distance method and by principal component analysis. Keywords: Dendogram, Morphological data, Phylogenetic relationships, Phytochemical data, Principal component analysis, Vanilla sp
