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T1 PALYNO-ANATOMICAL STUDIES OF CLEMATIS L. (RANUNCULACEAE)FROM POONCH VALLEY AJK, PAKISTAN
A1 A. Javed
A1 M. Ahmad
A1 M. Zafar
A1 S. Sultana
A1 M. A. Khan
A1 M. Arshad
JF Journal of Animal and Plant Sciences
JO JAPS
SN 1018-7081
VO 22
IS 4
SP 1173
OP 1176
YR 2012
FD 2012/08/01
DO DOI NA
AB <p>Palynological and leaf epidermal anatomical studies were performed on three&nbsp;<em>Clematis&nbsp;</em>L. species i.e.&nbsp;<em>C. connata&nbsp;</em>DC<em>,</em>&nbsp;<em>C. grata</em>&nbsp;Wall. and&nbsp;<em>C. montana&nbsp;</em>Buch. Ham. in DC using light and scanning electron microscopy.&nbsp;<em>Clematis&nbsp;</em>species usually possess tricolporate pollen but differ in details of polar and equatorial diameter, colpi length, colpi width, exine thickness and exine sculpturing. Anomocytic stomata are present in these species but they differ in details of size of stomatal complex, stomatal aperture, abaxial and adaxial cell length and breadth. Trichomes are present in&nbsp;<em>C. connata&nbsp;</em>and&nbsp;<em>C. grata</em>&nbsp;but absent in&nbsp;<em>C. montana</em>. It is concluded that these three species of genus&nbsp;<em>Clematis</em>&nbsp;are differentiated on the basis of palyno-anatomical characters which are important for correct taxonomic identification of these species along with morphological characters.</p>
K1 Clematis, Palynology, anatomy, systematic significance.
PB Pakistan Agricultural Scientists Forum
LK https://thejaps.org.pk/AbstractView.aspx?mid=2012-JAPS-458