Open AccessOccurrence of abnormalities in the ovary and ovule structure and their effect on fruit production in Chaerophyllum cicutaria Vill. (Umbelliferae)
Author(s) -
Włodzimierz Chojnacki
Publication year - 2014
Publication title -
acta societatis botanicorum poloniae
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 0.297
H-Index - 29
eISSN - 2083-9480
pISSN - 0001-6977
DOI - 10.5586/asbp.1985.001
Subject(s) - ovule , hermaphrodite , biology , ovary , botany , genetics , pollen
Chaerophyllum cicutaria is an andromonoecious member of the Umbelliferae family. Apart from male flowers it also produces numerous hermaphrodite flowers the ovaries of which fail to transform into fruits. Almost one quarter of such non-fruiting hermaphrodites reveal an abnormal structure of their ovaries and or ovules while the development of others is arrested without visible structural changes. Twelve abnormalities are distinguished and their distribution among plants from various populations of the species is described. Presumed consequences of the abnormalities are discussed