BIOINFOLET - A Quarterly Journal of Life Sciences
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  • Year: 2025
  • Volume: 22
  • Issue: 2

Powder microscopy of Pterospermum canescens roxb. and P. suberifolium L. (Malvaceae)

Department of Plant Biology and Plant Biotechnology, Presidency College (Autonomous), Chennai, Tamil Nadu – 600 005

Online published on 21 July, 2025.

Abstract

Taxonomic status of Pterospermum suberifolium L. and P. canescens Roxb. is ambiguous because the latter is considered as synonym. Hence, to find out the taxonomically important characters powder microscopy was carried out for the first time and the results showed that both species were distinct.

Keywords

Pterospermum suberifolium, P. canescens, Powder microscopy, Eastern Ghats