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MORPHOMETRY OF ORCHID SEEDS. III. NATIVE CALIFORNIA AND RELATED SPECIES OF GOODYERA, PIPERIA, PLATANTHERA AND SPIRANTHES
Author(s) -
Healey Patrick L.,
Michaud Justine D.,
Arditti Joseph
Publication year - 1980
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.1537-2197.1980.tb07678.x
Subject(s) - orchidaceae , biology , botany , coat , ecology
Morphometric analysis of orchid seeds indicates that testa and embryo dimensions, color and morphology as well as the presence, absence or nature of reticulation on seed coat walls are of diagnostic value. These studies also point to structure and function correlations in orchid seeds.