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1 June 2011 Megasporogenesis and Megagametophyte Development in Ten Species of Oxalis
Sonia Rosenfeldt, Beatriz G. Galati
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Abstract

Ovule morphology, megasporogenesis and megagametogenesis of ten species of Oxalis were examined. The ovule is anatropous, bitegmic and the integuments form a zig-zag micropyle. The type of female gametophyte development is variable in the studied species. The majority of them have a monosporic Polygonum-type female gametophyte. Two of the studied species show binucleate dyad members, so they have a bisporic Allium-type female gametophyte. Only O. articulata follows tetrasporic Adoxa-type development of the megagametophyte. This is the first report of a tetrasporic female gametophyte in Oxalidaceae. The endosperm is nuclear, and development of the embryo corresponds to the Solanad type.

© Finnish Zoological and Botanical Publishing Board 2011
Sonia Rosenfeldt and Beatriz G. Galati "Megasporogenesis and Megagametophyte Development in Ten Species of Oxalis," Annales Botanici Fennici 48(3), 263-271, (1 June 2011). https://doi.org/10.5735/085.048.0307
Received: 3 November 2009; Accepted: 1 March 2010; Published: 1 June 2011
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