BIOINFOLET - A Quarterly Journal of Life Sciences
Web of Science
  • Year: 2010
  • Volume: 7
  • Issue: 1

Seed ornamentation studies in some Cleome species

  • Author:
  • V. T. Aparadh, B. A. Karadge
  • Total Page Count: 4
  • Page Number: 73 to 76

Department of Botany, Shivaji University, Kolhapur - 416004.

Abstract

Present study deals with SEM studies on seed surface morphology of six Cleome species viz Cleome viscosa, C. gynandra, C. speciosa, C. simplicifolia, C. chelidonii and C. monophylla. Seeds of all the Cleome species were circular, curved and more or less horseshoe shaped with various seed ornamentations.

Keywords

Cleome, seed morphology, S.E.M