The micromorphological features of Gladiolus imbricatus L. (Iridaceae Juss.)

  • Sviltlana L. Zhygalova Department of Systematics and Floristics of Vascular Plants, M.H. Kholodny Institute of Botany National Academy of Sciences of Ukraine, 2 Tereschenkivska str., 01001, Kyiv, Ukraine
  • Oksana A. Futorna Department of Systematics and Floristics of Vascular Plants, M.H. Kholodny Institute of Botany National Academy of Sciences of Ukraine, 2 Tereschenkivska str., 01001, Kyiv, Ukraine. O.V. Fomin Botanical Garden, Educational-Scientific Centre «Institute of Biology», National Taras Schevchenko University of Kyiv, Kyiv, 1 S. Petlyuri str., 01032, Kyiv, Ukraine

Abstract

The aim of this study is to give a complete description of the surface structure of the leaves, seeds and pollen grains of Gladiolus imbricatus from the flora of Ukraine, and to investigate whether these characters are useful systematically.

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Fig. 1. Types of surface relief of Gladiolus imbricatus leaf blade: А – colliculate.
Published
2013-04-01
How to Cite
ZHYGALOVA, Sviltlana L.; FUTORNA, Oksana A.. The micromorphological features of Gladiolus imbricatus L. (Iridaceae Juss.). Modern Phytomorphology, [S.l.], v. 3, p. 273-280, apr. 2013. ISSN 2227-9555. Available at: <http://ojs.phytomorphology.org/index.php/MP/article/view/363>. Date accessed: 11 apr. 2018. doi: https://doi.org/10.5281/zenodo.162033.
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