MORPHOLOGY FEATURES OF SEEDS IN SOME SPECIES IRIS (IRIDACEAE) OF THE SOUTH OF WESTERN SIBERIA
E.N. Kaygorodova, O.V. Dorogina, T.V. Elisafenko
Central Siberian Botanical Garden, SB RAS, 630090, Novosibirsk, Zolotodolinskaya str., 101 global@ngs.ru
Keywords: Iridaceae, Iris, seed surface of coat structure, morphology features
Abstract
Morphology features and seed surface of coat structure of the genus Iris L. were examined using the scaning electron
microscope. In seeds of I. humilis present well expressed aril, in seeds of I. tigridia and I. potaninii it is poorly formed
but for seeds of I. glaucescens it was absent. Treatment of steam I. glaucescens seeds having of thik cuticle led to the
elimination of cuticle.
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