Assessing the potential of anatomical characters for the circumscription of species of Ephedra in India
Year: 2020
Type: article
Abstract: Various morphological details have been studied to configure the liable differences among the populations of Ephedra present in different altitudes of Lahaul and Spiti regions of India.Populations were distinguished on the basis of size of plants, colour of bark, branching pattern, number of scale-leaf and presence of papillation on the scale leaf, length of the internodes, and differences in the fruiting bodies.Epidermal features such as cell shapes, cuticular ornamentation and stomatal distribution, variations in the size of stomata, presence or absence of aborted stomata, stomatal index, shape and size of pore, size of lamellae, extent of papillation, presence or absence of pit have been observed in the cuticle.This study may help in circumscription of various species of Ephedra and distinguishing species on the basis of morphological variations found in the collected populations.
Source: Pleione
Institution: University of Delhi
Language: English
Domain: Life Sciences
Open Access status: diamond
OpenAlex ID: W3081151319