Journal article

Publication year: 1981

Pages: 73-88

Journal: Plant Systematics and Evolution

Volume number: 138

Issue number: 1-2

ISSN: 0378-2697

eISSN: 1615-6110

DOI Link: https://doi.org/10.1007/BF00984610

Publisher: Springer

Abstract: 
The anatomy and development of mericarps in 4 representatives of Boraginaceae-Cynoglosseae were investigated. In each case the nutlets grow from a 6-layered carpel. While the mesocarp becomes multilayered and thick in correlation with epizoochory in Cynoglossum, it remains 6-layered in Mattiastrum, Paracaryum and Rindera. The wings are formed by both exo- and mesocarp and later on the inflated rim becomes hollow. Development of wing and reduction of glochids are discussed as adaptations to anemochory.

Harvard Citation style: HILGER, H. (1981) THE DEVELOPMENT OF WINGED MERICARPS IN PARACARYUM AND RELATED GENERA (CYNOGLOSSEAE, BORAGINACEAE), Plant Systematics and Evolution, 138(1-2), pp. 73-88. https://doi.org/10.1007/BF00984610

APA Citation style: HILGER, H. (1981). THE DEVELOPMENT OF WINGED MERICARPS IN PARACARYUM AND RELATED GENERA (CYNOGLOSSEAE, BORAGINACEAE). Plant Systematics and Evolution. 138(1-2), 73-88. https://doi.org/10.1007/BF00984610