Seed sculpture of Polish species of the genus Plantago L.

Małgorzata Klimko, Krystyna Idzikowska, Mariola Truchan, Anna Kreft

Abstract


The paper presents results of research on seed sculpture of Plantago major, P. intermedia, P. media, P. coronopus subsp. coronopus, P. maritima subsp. maritima, P. atrata subsp. carpatica, P. lanceolata and P. arenaria. Special attention was paid to the sculpture of the external layer of the testa. Observations were made under a light microscope and a scanning electron microscope. The sculpture typical for each species was presented in micrographs. The results indicate that seed sculpture is a very good interspecific identification feature. The study also confirmed that P. maritima should not be assigned to the section Coronopus DC., but to a separate section Maritima Rahn.

Keywords


Plantaginaceae; Plantago; seed sculpture; SEM; LM

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DOI: https://doi.org/10.5586/asbp.2004.015

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  • 0001-6977 (print; ceased since 2016)
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