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The paper presents in the first time the results of a micromorphological study on stamens of Sansevieria species. Flowers of 15 species obtained from herbarium specimens deposited at the Royal Botanic Gardens, Kew, the Botanical Garden Berlin-Dahlem and the Botanical Garden in Poznań were studied. Observations were conducted under a light and a scanning electron microscope. The study revealed significant...
The paper presents the results of a biometrical study on the leaves of vegetative and generative shoots of Morus alba. Mature leaves were collected from the green areas of Poznań (Poland) city. Leaves from vegetative shoots were collected from 34 sites. Leaves from generative shoots were collected from specimens with blackish purple or purple fruit (13 trees) and with pale yellow to creamy fruit (21...
This article presents the results of a study on seed coat micromorphology and epicuticular structure of Ginkgo biloba cultivars. The micromorphology of the seed coat of 10 cultivars and one clone of female G. biloba were analysed. The taxa differed in the size and shape. Homogeneous epicuticular wax deposited in the form of wax tubules on the sarcotesta and sclerotesta surfaces. There were great differences...
The type and distribution (locations) of calcium oxalate crystals in mature leaves of 19 taxa of Philodendron (subgenera Meconostigma, Pteromischum and Philodendron) were studied. The calcium oxalate crystals were mainly found in the form of raphides, druses, styloids and prisms. The leaves of Philodendron demonstrate the presence of five distinctive raphide crystal types (biforine, thin-walled spindle-shaped,...
The present study was conducted to illustrate the micromorphology of mature sporangia and pollen grains of four Ginkgo biloba cultivars: ‘Horizontalis’, ‘Lasiocarpa’, ‘Pragensis’ and ‘Tubifolia’ and is a continuation of earlier investigations on this subject. The sporophylls bear typically two pendulous sporangia, whereas three were found in one cultivar. The sporangia varied in shape from oval, elliptical...
The article presents results of research on the micromorphology and anatomy of leaves of Morus alba cultivars. Mature leaves from generative shoots were collected in the Cytadela Park in Poznań and from trees planted along streets in different towns in the Wielkopolska region. A light microscope and a scanning electron microscope were used for observations. There were significant differences between...
Pollen grains of Cunninghamia lanceolata, Cryptomeria japonica and Sciadopitys verticillata were examined by light and scanning electron microscopy. The pollen grains were non-saccate, generally oblate-spheroidal, spheroidal, prolate-spheroidal or subprolate. The pollen grains had papillae of different sizes and shapes on the distal face. The papillae were more conspicuous in C. japonica than in C...
Pollen grains of Pinus uliginosa and P. uncinata were examined by light and scanning electron microscopy. The pollen grains were bisaccate and monosulcate. The corpus-saccus attachment was distinct. The pollen corpus exine sculpture was verrucate-rugulate and deeply sculptured. The surface of the tectum was with or without small grana and it was perforate. The saccus sexine ornamentation was reticulate...
Micromorphological features of glumes, lemmas and paleas were examined under light and scanning electron microscopes in amphiploids of Aegilops geniculata, Ae. peregrina × Secale cereale and their parental species. The principal features include the size and shape of silica bodies, crown cells, prickles, macrohairs, stomata and the morphology of long cells. The SEM observations of glumes separate...
Pollen grains of Pinus mugo, P. sylvestris and P. ×rhaetica (= P. mugo × P. sylvestris) were examined by light and scanning electron microscopy. The pollen grains were bisaccate and monosulcate. The corpus-saccus attachment was distinct. The pollen corpus exine sculpture was verrucate-rugulate and deeply sculptured. The surface of the tectum was covered with small grana and it was perforate. The saccus...
This paper presents the macromorphological and micromorphological characteristics of wood barley recorded in the Wielkopolska Lowland. On the basis of the collection of preserved specimens, the micromorphological features were examined under a scanning electron microscope (SEM) to assess their taxonomic value. The principal features include the size and shape of cork/silica cells, crown cells, prickles,...
The article presents the results of research on the morphology and anatomy of the leaves of 21 cultivars (including 10 Polish cultivars) and two clones of Ginkgo biloba. Leaves from long shoots were collected at the Department of Dendrology and Nursery, Poznań University of Life Sciences, Poland. A light microscope and scanning electron microscope were used for observations. Eight morphological traits...
A comparative morphological and anatomical study on the petioles and lamina of 22 taxa (species, subspecies and cultivars) of the genus Philodendron (subgenera Meconostigma, Pteromischum and Philodendron) has been made in order to investigate interspecific differences which may be useful in species identification. All species have bifacial leaves with petioles, amphistomatic with a strongly reduced...
The paper characterises a new locality of Melampyrum cristatum identified in Dębno upon Warta (Wielkopolska region, Poland). Its ecological conditions are presented, along with the size of the population, phytosociological affiliation, as well as a characteristics of the species focusing on new traits of seed sculpture.
Morphological features of microsporangia and pollen grains from cultivated plants of Ginkgo biloba were examined using light and scanning microscopy. The sporophylls bear mainly two pendulous microsporangia; three or four were rarely found. The sporangia dehisce along a longitudinal slit and are characterized by reticulate primary sculpture. The basic shape of pollen grains is prolate and perprolate...
The paper presents the results of a study on mericarps and seed morphology of four taxa occurring in Poland: Heracleum sphondylium subsp. sphondylium and subsp. sibiricum, H. mantegazzianum and H. sosnowskyi. Apart from selected biometric traits we analysed pericarps and seed-coat patterns using a stereoscopic microscope (SM) and a scanning microscope (SEM). Considerable diff erences in the dorsal...
The ovary surface ornamentation, pilosity and hair types were observed under SEM in Polish taxa of the genus Heracleum: H. sphondylium subsp. sphondylium and subsp. sibiricum, H. pubescens (ephemerophyte from two new localities), H. mantegazzianum and H. sosnowskyi. Diff erences of taxonomic signifi cance were found in the pilosity and ornamentation of the ovary surface. Pilosity of ovaries supports...
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