Taxonomic significance of spermoderm pattern in Cucurbitaceae

Authors

  • M. Ajmal Ali Department of Botany and Microbiology, College of Science, King Saud University, Riyadh-11451
  • Fahad M.A. Al-Hemaid Department of Botany and Microbiology, College of Science, King Saud University, Riyadh-11451
  • Arun K. Pandey 2Department of Botany, University of Delhi, Delhi-110007
  • Joongku Lee 3International Biological Material Research Center, Korea Research Institute of Bioscience and Biotechnology, Daejeon- 305806

DOI:

https://doi.org/10.3329/bjpt.v20i1.15465

Keywords:

Cucurbitaceae, SEM, Spermoderm, Testa

Abstract

Studies on spermoderm using scanning electron microscope (SEM) were undertaken in 12 taxa under 11 genera of the family Cucurbitaceae sampled from India, China and Korea. The spermoderm pattern in the studied taxa varies from rugulate, reticulate to colliculate type. The spermoderm shows rugulate type in Benincasa hispida and Sicyos angulatus; reticulate type in Citrullus colocynthis, Cucumis melo var. agrestis, Diplocyclos palmatus, Hemsleya longivillosa, Luffa echinata, Momordica charantia, M. cymbalaria, Schizopepon bryoniifolius, and Trichosanthes cucumerina; and colliculate type  in Gynostemma laxiflorum. The present study clearly reveals that the testa features greatly varies across the genera which can be used as micromorphological markers for identification as well as character states for deducing relationship of the taxa within the family.

DOI: http://dx.doi.org/10.3329/bjpt.v20i1.15465

Bangladesh J. Plant Taxon. 20(1): 61-65, 2013 (June)

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2013-06-25

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Ali, M. A., Al-Hemaid, F. M., Pandey, A. K., & Lee, J. (2013). Taxonomic significance of spermoderm pattern in Cucurbitaceae. Bangladesh Journal of Plant Taxonomy, 20(1), 61–65. https://doi.org/10.3329/bjpt.v20i1.15465

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Vol. 20 No. 1 (2013)

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