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LATICIFERS IN THE BULB SCALES OF ALLIUM
Author(s) -
Huang Shiumei,
Sterling Clarence
Publication year - 1970
Publication title -
american journal of botany
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 1.218
H-Index - 151
eISSN - 1537-2197
pISSN - 0002-9122
DOI - 10.1002/j.1537-2197.1970.tb09900.x
Subject(s) - allium , bulb , biology , subgenus , botany , genus , liliaceae
The structure and distribution of laticifers has been studied in the bulb scales of 52 species and varieties of Allium . Differences in laticifer position, shape, and pitting in the cross wall of the observed specimens support Traub's separation of the subgenera Amerallium and Allium within the genus Allium . If the species examined are representative, anatomical evidence also justifies the distinction of the section Melanocrommyum and the subsection Cepa.