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SEED AND FRUIT ANATOMY OF CASSYTHA FILIFORMIS L. WITH COMMENTS ON ITS SYSTEMATIC POSITION

SEED AND FRUIT ANATOMY OF CASSYTHA FILIFORMIS L. WITH COMMENTS ON ITS SYSTEMATIC POSITION The developmental anatomy of fruit and seed in Cassytha filiformis is studied. The fruit is a drupe enclosed by the enlarged, inflated, succulent calyx tube. The ripe pericarp consists of three layers: outer epidermis, inner epidermis of palisade and a layer of sclereids above the inner epidermis. The mature seed coat is formed entirely by the testa. The outer epidermis of the testa consists of large cells with unlignified walls, and the inner epidermis acquires characteristic helical thickenings. On the basis of fruit and seed characters it is suggested that the genus Cassytha rightly belongs to the family Lauraceae. http://www.deepdyve.com/assets/images/DeepDyve-Logo-lg.png Israel Journal of Plant Sciences Brill

SEED AND FRUIT ANATOMY OF CASSYTHA FILIFORMIS L. WITH COMMENTS ON ITS SYSTEMATIC POSITION

Israel Journal of Plant Sciences , Volume 28 (1): 7 – May 13, 1979

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Publisher
Brill
Copyright
Copyright © Koninklijke Brill NV, Leiden, The Netherlands
ISSN
0792-9978
DOI
10.1080/0021213X.1979.10676854
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Abstract

The developmental anatomy of fruit and seed in Cassytha filiformis is studied. The fruit is a drupe enclosed by the enlarged, inflated, succulent calyx tube. The ripe pericarp consists of three layers: outer epidermis, inner epidermis of palisade and a layer of sclereids above the inner epidermis. The mature seed coat is formed entirely by the testa. The outer epidermis of the testa consists of large cells with unlignified walls, and the inner epidermis acquires characteristic helical thickenings. On the basis of fruit and seed characters it is suggested that the genus Cassytha rightly belongs to the family Lauraceae.

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Israel Journal of Plant SciencesBrill

Published: May 13, 1979

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