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Seed micromorphology supports the splitting of Limnorchis from Platanthera (Orchidaceae)
Author(s) -
Gamarra Roberto,
Galán Pablo,
Herrera Irene,
Ortúñez Emma
Publication year - 2008
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.1756-1051.2008.00135.x
Subject(s) - orchidaceae , biology , botany , genus
Seeds of several species of the genera Platanthera and Habenaria have been studied by means of scanning electron microscopy. In the genus Platanthera , two morphological patterns were found. One of these appears in the so‐called ‘ dilatata – hyperborea complex’. It is proposed that this pattern is a good diagnostic character to split off this group of species into the genus Limnorchis . In Habenaria , the morphological patterns vary between the species and differs completely from those found in Platanthera .