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<i>Kuschakewiczia</i> versus <i>Solenanthus</i>—Palynological Data and the Generic Position of <i>Kuschakewiczia turkestanica</i> Regel and Smirnov (Boraginaceae)
Department of Botany, Moravian Museum, Brno, Czech Republic.
- 1 Department of Botany, Moravian Museum, Brno, Czech Republic.
American Journal of Plant Sciences·Volume 04 (2013)·Pages 26–28·Published 15 July 2013·DOI10.4236/ajps.2013.47A1004
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Abstract
The genus Kuschakewiczia , Regel and Smirnov [1] , was described including only one species, K. turkestanica . Later it was joint with the genus Solenanthus , although there are characters (corolla having narrow long lobes, filaments in serted on the corolla margin, low gynobasis, small scar on nutlets after disconnecting without any strip of tissue, re duced number of nutlets in the ripe fruit, etc.) which distinguish the two genera sufficiently. Palynological data, al though not significantly different, support its separate position s on the discrete generic level.
KeywordsCentral Asia<i>Kuschakewiczia</i><i>Solenanthus</i>
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