Open AccessThe genus Acacia in South Africa. IV. The Morphology of nature pod
Author(s) -
P.J. Robbertse
Publication year - 1975
Publication title -
bothalia
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 0.457
H-Index - 20
eISSN - 2311-9284
pISSN - 0006-8241
DOI - 10.4102/abc.v11i4.1489
Subject(s) - acacia , point of delivery , morphology (biology) , biology , eucalyptus , genus , botany , zoology
The external morphology and the anatomy of the pods all the South African Acacia specoes are discussed. It was found that the South African Acacia species can grouped into a number of distinct categories on the basis of the anatomy of their pods. There is quite a marked difference in anatomy odfthe pod of the series Vulgares and that of the series Gummiferae