EMBRYOLOGY, CYTOLOGY AND SYSTEMATICS OF HEMIPHYLACUS, ASPARAGUS AND ANEMARRHENA (ASPARAGALES)

Citation
Pj. Rudall et al., EMBRYOLOGY, CYTOLOGY AND SYSTEMATICS OF HEMIPHYLACUS, ASPARAGUS AND ANEMARRHENA (ASPARAGALES), Plant systematics and evolution, 211(3-4), 1998, pp. 181-199
Citations number
36
Categorie Soggetti
Plant Sciences
ISSN journal
03782697
Volume
211
Issue
3-4
Year of publication
1998
Pages
181 - 199
Database
ISI
SICI code
0378-2697(1998)211:3-4<181:ECASOH>2.0.ZU;2-G
Abstract
A detailed description of ovule development and embryology of Hemiphyl acus alatostylus is given, together with a chromosome count and karyot ype. Comparative data are presented for Asparagus and Anemarrhena, sin ce earlier analysis of rbcL sequence data indicated a relationship bet ween them. Hemiphylacus should be included in Asparagaceae. A close re lationship between them is strongly supported by rbcL analysis, and th ey are further linked by the shape and histology of the fertilised ovu le. However, both morphological and molecular data indicate that Anema rrhena is a more isolated taxon.