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Observations on the cuticular features and stomatal ontogeny in the leaves of some Papilionaceae from Nigeria
Author(s) -
Karetala Y. Y.,
Hussain H. S. N.,
Nurani M. A.
Publication year - 1990
Publication title -
feddes repertorium
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 0.24
H-Index - 25
eISSN - 1522-239X
pISSN - 0014-8962
DOI - 10.1002/fedr.19901010312
Subject(s) - ontogeny , biology , botany , morphology (biology) , zoology , genetics
Abstract Epidermal morphology and ontogeny of stomata in the leaves of 21 species of family Papilionaceae have been reported. Stomata are confined on both surfaces in the species of Crotalaria Indigofera and Mucuna and only on a lower surface in the rest of the species. Inspite of stomatal diversity even on the same surface, the most prevalent type observed is paracytic with eumesogenous and hemimesogenous ontogeny. Anisocytic stomata with hemimesogenous ontogeny is typical of Crotalaria and anomocytic with agenous ontogeny is typical of Indigofera .