| Pak. J. Bot., 35(3): 313-322, 2003. | Back to Contents | ||||
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FRUIT AND SEED MORPHOLOGY IN IRANIAN SPECIES OF FRITILLARIA SUBGENUS FRITILLARIA (LILIACEAE) GHOLAMREZA BAKHSHI KHANIKI Abstract: Fruits and seeds of all Iranian taxa of Fritillaria subgenus Fritillaria were investigated by scanning electron and light microscopy. The fruit in Fritillaria is a three-valved loculicidal capsule, longitudinal dehiscence occurs down the centre of the outer walls of the three compartments or loculi. The capsule is wingless and the seeds are numerous in each capsule, flattened and ± membranously-margined. They are often broadly ovate in outline. The testa cells have irregular shape with undulate margins. Department of Biology, Payame Noor University, P.O.Box 19395-4697, Tehran, Iran. |
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