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: Received: 17 January 2021 / Approved: 19 January 2021 / Online: 19 January 2021 (17:34:15 CET)
How to cite:
Senewe, R.E.; Pesireron, M.; Darsa, Y.; Leiwakabessy, C.; Yusron, M. Biodiversity of Sago (Metroxylon spp.) and Its Understory in Maluku, Indonesia. Preprints2021, 2021010392. https://doi.org/10.20944/preprints202101.0392.v1
Senewe, R.E.; Pesireron, M.; Darsa, Y.; Leiwakabessy, C.; Yusron, M. Biodiversity of Sago (Metroxylon spp.) and Its Understory in Maluku, Indonesia. Preprints 2021, 2021010392. https://doi.org/10.20944/preprints202101.0392.v1
Senewe, R.E.; Pesireron, M.; Darsa, Y.; Leiwakabessy, C.; Yusron, M. Biodiversity of Sago (Metroxylon spp.) and Its Understory in Maluku, Indonesia. Preprints2021, 2021010392. https://doi.org/10.20944/preprints202101.0392.v1
APA Style
Senewe, R.E., Pesireron, M., Darsa, Y., Leiwakabessy, C., & Yusron, M. (2021). Biodiversity of Sago (<em>Metroxylon</em> spp.) and Its Understory in Maluku, Indonesia. Preprints. https://doi.org/10.20944/preprints202101.0392.v1
Chicago/Turabian Style
Senewe, R.E., Christoffol Leiwakabessy and Muchamad Yusron. 2021 "Biodiversity of Sago (<em>Metroxylon</em> spp.) and Its Understory in Maluku, Indonesia" Preprints. https://doi.org/10.20944/preprints202101.0392.v1
Abstract
Sago (Metroxylon spp.) is an important crop in Maluku. This study aims to identify the biodiversity of sago palm and understorey vegetation around sago clumps in Maluku. The research was carried out in six sago area from September 2015 to October 2016. The Sago Plant identification was carried out through the growth phase of sago, i.e. seedlings, saplings, weaning, trunks, and ripening. Vegetation observation was done in radius 100 m2 surrounding sago clumps. The result shows that Metroxylon rumphii Mart type. (Tuni sago), M. sagus Rottb. (Molat sago) and M. Silvester Mart. (Ihur Sago) dominates sago palms area in Seram and Ambon Islands, Maluku. There are significant morphological differences between the types of sago, especially in stem height, midrib width, leaf midrib colour, number of thorns, and flower stalk length, as well as the difference of carbohydrate content. Understorey vegetation of each observation sites diverse consist of 15 families and 20 species. The families that dominate the vegetation under the sago palms are Araceae, Thelypteridaceae, and Athyriaceae. The types of plants from Araceae are taro types and broadleaf, while those from the Thelypteridaceae and Athyriaceae families are types of ferns.
Keywords
Biodiversity; Maluku; Metroxylon spp; Understory
Subject
Biology and Life Sciences, Anatomy and Physiology
Copyright:
This is an open access article distributed under the Creative Commons Attribution License which permits unrestricted use, distribution, and reproduction in any medium, provided the original work is properly cited.
Received:
20 April 2021
Commenter:
D.L. (Rik) Schuiling
The commenter has declared there is no conflict of interests.
Comment:
The 'Metroxylon' species you mention are not recognised species. They are all synonyms of Metroxylon sagu Rottb. (see for example http://www.worldfloraonline.org/taxon/wfo-0000242653)
One way to distinguish the varieties that you studied is by giving them type status, e.g. Metroxylon sagu type Ihur. Or you could use the 'folk variety' (fv) system that I suggested in my study that is in your References list (D.L. Schuiling 2009).
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Commenter: D.L. (Rik) Schuiling
The commenter has declared there is no conflict of interests.
One way to distinguish the varieties that you studied is by giving them type status, e.g. Metroxylon sagu type Ihur. Or you could use the 'folk variety' (fv) system that I suggested in my study that is in your References list (D.L. Schuiling 2009).