External fruit morphology of southern African Arundineae (Arundinoideae: Poaceae)

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1994

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http://hdl.handle.net/11427/34376
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Barker, N P
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Bothalia

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https://dx.doi.org/10.4102/abc.v24i1.752
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Department of Biological Sciences
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Abstract
Fruits of a number of taxa of all indigenous southern African arundinoid genera were examined by means of SEM. Size, shape, compression, surface sculpturing, embryo anti hilum features were recorded and fruits of all genera are illustrated. Results are compared to existing descriptions. The genera are placed in five informal groups according to similarities noted in the fruits.
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achene
Arundineae
Arundinoideae
caryopsis
embryo
external morphology
hilum
Poaceae
surface sculpturing
systematics

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Barker, N.P. 1994. External fruit morphology of southern African Arundineae (Arundinoideae: Poaceae). Bothalia. 24(1):174 - 177. http://hdl.handle.net/11427/34376

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