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ANATOMICAL AND PALYNOLOGICAL STUDIES ON SOME FILICALES FROM NEELUM VALLEY, MUZAFFARABAD, AZAD KASHMIR.

GHULAM MURTAZA*, REHANA ASGHAR¹, SYED ABDUL MAJID, ABDUL WAHEED¹ AND SARWAT N. MIRZA²

Abstract: Four ferns viz., Polystichum nigroplaceium (Christ) Diels (Aspidiaceae), Woodwardia unigemmata (Makino) Nakai (Blechnaceae), Asplenium adiantum nigrum L (Aspleniaceae) and Adiantum capillus veneris L. (Adiantaceae) were collected from Neelum Valley, Muzaffarabad, Azad Kashmir and identified. The anatomy of the rachis of Polystichum nigroplaceium, Woodwardia unigemmata and Asplenium adiantum nigrum showed di-tri-tetrarch stele in the rachis. The rachis anatomy of Adiantum capillus veneris revealed a thick walled heavily cutinized epidermis and hypodermis while the ground tissue was made up of parenchymatous cells with air spaces. The ornamentation pattern of the spores of Adiantum capillus veneris is unique and can be referred as means of identification of the species.

Department of Botany, University of Azad Jammu and Kashmir, Muzaffarabad, Pakistan.
¹ Department of Botany, University of Arid Agriculture, Rawalpindi, Pakistan.
² Department of Range Management and Forestry, University of Arid Agriculture, Rawalpindi, Pakistan.
* Corresponding Author e-mail: gmurtazaq@hotmail.com