MORPHOLOGY OF FRUITS AND SCULPTURE SURFACE OF MERICARPS FROM THE SECTION GALIUM GENUS GALIUM (RUBIACEAE)
E.A. Balde
Central Siberian Botanical Garden, SB RAS, 630090, Novosibirsk, Zolotodolinskaya str., 101
baldk21@ngs.ru
Keywords: Rubiaceae, Galium, section Galium, fragmocarp, surface of mericarp, sculpture of pericarp
Abstract
The results of detailed SEM study of mericarp morphology and surface of Galium verum, G. wirtgenii, G. ruthenicum, G. densifl orum species of the typical section оf the genus Galium (Rubiaceae) are presented. Species G. verum and
G. wirtgenii have glabrate surface of mericarp, G. ruthenicum, G. densifl orum have bristly surface of mericarp. Identical netted pericarp sculpture for all species shows their relationship.
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