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The morphology of stigma of Asteraceae observed by scanning electron microscopy
Xiaojian Lu1, Xiufen Ye2, Ziming Hu1
1College of Life Sciences and Academy for Multidisciplinary Studies, Capital Normal University, Haidian District, Beijing, China.
Abstract:
The morphology of stigma has taxonomic values. To further explore the taxonomy of family Asteraceae, the morphological characteristics of stigma of 28 genera, 32 species, and two varieties in the family were observed using scanning electron microscopy. The results indicated that the stigma morphology of these Asteraceae plants could be divided into 10 types, of which eight are reported for the first time. The morphological characteristics of stigma support the close relationship between genera Aster and Erigeron and among genera Sonchus, Taraxacum, and Youngia. Our results enriched the stigma type diversity data and provided a morphological basis for the study of the phylogenetic evolution of Asteraceae.
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