Morpho-anatomical characters of spermoderm of certain species of Resedaceae and their contribution to the taxonomy of the family

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Botany Department, Faculty of Science, Ain Shams University, Cairo-Egypt.

Abstract

The morphological and anatomical characters of the spermoderm of 27 species of Resedaceae were examined and
described to assess the applicability of these attributes in the process of identification. Many of the recorded
morphological and anatomical attributes were found to be fairly diagnostic at both the generic and specific levels.
Unlike earlier claims that Reseda alba and R. decursiva are conspecific; the present data justify their treatment as
distinct species. A correlation was found between some of the studied characters.

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