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1 Department of Biology, University of North Alabama, Florence, Alabama 35632, US
2 Department of Biology, Central Michigan University. Mt. Pleasant, Michigan 488 59, US
3 Department of Botany, University of Bangalore, Bangalore, IN
Source
Nelumbo - The Bulletin of the Botanical Survey of India, Vol 45, No 1-4 (2003), Pagination: 21-28
Abstract
Achenes of nine Indian Fimbristylis from sections Cymosae, Fuscae and Trichelostylis were treated with an acid solution to remove their cuticle and outer periclinal epidermal walls. Subsequent scanning electron micrographs revealed micromorphological characters of potential systematic merit. However, an attempt to correlate the achene micromorphology with the sectional ranks proposed by Kern, failed, with respect to the Cymosae and Trichelostylis. Such results suggest that either : (1) the sectional parameters recognized by Kern may be in need of revision or, (2) that the achene micromorphology is of little value in delimiting Fimbristylis sections.
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