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Semi-hypogeal germination in Pachyrhizus ahipa (Wedd.) parodi (Fabaceae: Phaseoleae): seedling and sapling morphology

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Author(s):
Camilla R. Dias Milanez [1] ; Denise M. Trombert Oliveira [2] ; Marina A. Moraes-Dallaqua [3]
Total Authors: 3
Affiliation:
[1] Universidade Estadual Paulista. Instituto de Biociências. Departamento de Botânica - Brasil
[2] Universidade Estadual Paulista. Instituto de Biociências. Departamento de Botânica - Brasil
[3] Universidade Estadual Paulista. Instituto de Biociências. Departamento de Botânica - Brasil
Total Affiliations: 3
Document type: Journal article
Source: Brazilian Archives of Biology and Technology; v. 51, n. 2, p. 353-359, 2008-04-00.
Abstract

The aim of this work was to describe the morphology of seedlings and saplings of Pachyrhizus ahipa, a cultivated species of Phaseoleae (Fabaceae), analysing the seedling type and characterizing the structure of cotyledons, eophylls and metaphylls. It was observed that the seedling was semi-hypogeal, a germination type not yet recorded for the Phaseoleae tribe. It formed two opposite and unifoliated eophylls with an evident pair of stipels. Metaphylls were trifoliolate and had alternate phyllotaxis. Both eophylls and metaphylls were pinnate, camptodromous, and brochidodromous. (AU)