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In:
Blumea - Biodiversity, Evolution and Biogeography of Plants (0006-5196) vol.27 (1981) nr.2 p.499
Publication Date:
2015-03-06
Description:
The early development (ontogeny) of the carpels of 20 species belonging to 8 apocarpous families was investigated with the scanning electron microscope. The results indicate that on the floral apex a circular or a convex meristem develops into an obliquely ascidiate primordium by unequal growth of its periphery. By further unequal growth it develops into a young carpel. The terminal mouth of a cup becomes the lateral cleft of a carpel. The different forms of the young carpels in different species are defined by the varying degree of development of the adaxial region of the initial meristem and/or its margin on the side of the floral apex. This hypothesis is theoretically evaluated.
Repository Name:
National Museum of Natural History, Netherlands
Type:
Article / Letter to the editor
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application/pdf
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