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Floret position in Costularia (Cyperaceae): a new interpretation
Author(s) -
Browning J.
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.tb01083.x
Subject(s) - glume , biology , cyperaceae , ovary , botany , anatomy , poaceae , genetics
The spikelet of Costularia has been interpreted as comprising proximal, sterile glumes followed by two larger fertile glumes that subtend respectively, a lower male and an upper bisexual floret. The terminal uppermost glume, with two keels and therefore resembling a prophyll, was empty. Studies of developmental stages of spikelets from Zimbabwe (Chimanimani Mts.) have revealed that the terminal glume envelops the bisexual floret and becomes empty only with maturation of the ovary.