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Germination of up to 129‐year old, dry‐stored seeds of Geranium bohemicum (Geraniaceae)
Author(s) -
Milberg Per
Publication year - 1994
Publication title -
nordic journal of botany
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 0.333
H-Index - 33
eISSN - 1756-1051
pISSN - 0107-055X
DOI - 10.1111/j.1756-1051.1994.tb00565.x
Subject(s) - geranium , geraniaceae , biology , germination , herbarium , botany , scarification , horticulture , dormancy , cultivar
Old dry‐stored seeds of the annual pyrophyte Geranium bohemicum from seed collections and herbaria were tested to determine their germinability. Ten samples of seed, ranging in age from 3 to 200 years, were used. The oldest seeds to germinate (three out of ten) were from a 129‐year old collection. All three seedlings developed into healthy plants. This finding supports the assumption that G bohemicum can emerge from a bank of long‐lived seeds after forest fires.