%0 Journal Article %T Epidermal characteristics of toxic plants for cattle from the Salado River basin (Buenos Aires, Argentina) Caracteres epid谷rmicos de las plantas t車xicas para el ganado de la Depresi車n del Salado (Buenos Aires, Argentina) %A Susana E. Freire %A Ana M. Arambarri %A N谷stor D. Bay車n %A Gisela Sancho %J Bolet赤n de la Sociedad Argentina de Bot芍nica %D 2005 %I Sociedad Argentina de Bot芍nica %X One hundred and eighty species belonging to 41 families inhabiting the Salado River Basin of the province of Buenos Aires (Argentina) were previously reported to be toxic for cattle. The purpose of this study was to provide a tool to distinguish the taxa when the plant material is desintegrated. In this way, an approach to the identification of these taxa through leaf epidermal features (anticlinal epidermal cell wall patterns, cuticular ornamentation, stomata, and hair types) is performed. A key to the 180 species as well as illustrations of diagnostic characters are given. Las plantas t車xicas para el ganado est芍n representadas en la Depresi車n del Salado (provincia de Buenos Aires, Argentina) por 180 especies pertenecientes a 41 familias. El objetivo del presente trabajo es determinar estos taxa a partir de material desintegrado, utilizando caracteres epid谷rmicos foliares (paredes anticlinales de las c谷lulas epid谷rmicas, ornamentaci車n de la cut赤cula, tipos de estomas y pelos). Se brinda una clave para la determinaci車n de las especies e ilustraciones de los caracteres diagn車sticos. %K Buenos Aires %K Depresi車n del Salado %K Anatom赤a %K Caracteres epid谷rmicos %K Estomas %K Pelos %K Dicotiled車neas %K Monocotiled車neas %K Plantas t車xicas %K Buenos Aires %K Salado River Basin %K Toxic plants %K Anatomy %K Epidermal characters %K Stomata %K Hairs %K Dicotyledons %K Monocotyledons %U http://www.scielo.org.ar/scielo.php?script=sci_arttext&pid=S1851-23722005000200010