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Fruit and Seed Morphology of Some Species of Solanaceae

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Last updated: 03 Jan 2025

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1. Vascular plant taxonomy
2. Cytotaxonomy

Abstract

The fruit and seed morphology of 24 species, representing seven genera of Solanaceae were investigated by using a binocular stereomicroscope and scanning electron microscopy (SEM), to determine the significance of fruit and seed coat features as taxonomic characters. Morphological characters, including color, texture, shape, fruit type, hilum position, anticlinal shape and periclinal shape. There were three major patterns of seed ornamentation: irregular reticulate, regular reticulate and verrucate reticulate. The dendrogram showed that species could be grouped into two major clusters, the first cluster (I) contains 15 species and divided into two groups, while the second cluster (II) contains nine species that can be divided into two groups. The data proved useful in the construction of a dichotomous indented key to the studied species. Twenty characters were used to create systematic Key using DELTA key-generating programs. The results indicate that the morphological characteristics of fruits and seeds would be helpful for the identification of Solanaceae species.

DOI

10.21608/taec.2018.13520

Keywords

Morphology, seed, fruit, SEM, Solanaceae

Authors

First Name

Azza

Last Name

Khafagi

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Affiliation

Botany and Microbiology Department, Faculty of Science, Al-Azhar University, Cairo, Egypt

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azzakhafagi@yahoo.com

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Abbas

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El- Ghamery

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Botany and Microbiology Department, Faculty of Science, Al-Azhar University, Cairo, Egypt

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First Name

Omran

Last Name

Ghaly

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The Herbarium, Ecology and Ranges Department, Desert Research Center, Matariya, Egypt

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First Name

Osama

Last Name

Ragab

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Affiliation

Botany and Microbiology Department, Faculty of Science, Al-Azhar University, Cairo, Egypt

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osama_gamal84@azhar.edu.eg

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Volume

38

Article Issue

1

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2181

Issue Date

2018-12-01

Receive Date

2018-07-10

Publish Date

2018-12-01

Page Start

123

Page End

140

Print ISSN

1110-7413

Online ISSN

2357-044X

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https://taec.journals.ekb.eg/article_13520.html

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https://taec.journals.ekb.eg/service?article_code=13520

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Original Article

Type Code

636

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Journal

Publication Title

Taeckholmia

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https://taec.journals.ekb.eg/

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Fruit and Seed Morphology of Some Species of Solanaceae

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Created At

22 Jan 2023