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TAXONOMIC SIGNIFICANCE OF MICROHAIR MORPHOLOGY IN THE GENUS ERAGROSTIS BEAUV. (POACEAE)
Author(s) -
Amarasinghe Vindhya,
Watson Leslie
Publication year - 1990
Publication title -
taxon
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 0.819
H-Index - 81
eISSN - 1996-8175
pISSN - 0040-0262
DOI - 10.2307/1223180
Subject(s) - eragrostis , botany , poaceae , biology , morphology (biology) , genus , taxonomy (biology) , zoology
Summary Strong correlations are demonstrated in 74 species of Eragrostis , involving microhair morphology (‘chloridoid’ and ‘panicoid‘) types, PCR (photosynthetic carbon reduction) sheath anatomy, and modes of spikelet disarticulation. The observations seem significant in relation to infrageneric classification.