Stomatal area as an anatomical criterion for the determination of chromosome number in the <i>Eragrostis curvula</i> complex

Twenty stomatal areas of each of 55 Eragrostis curvula (Schrad.) Nees plants were determined. An increase in polyploid level is shown to be moderately correlated with an increase in stomatal area. However, the extent of overlap in stomatal areas between different polyploid levels is too great to use...

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Main Author: J. J. Spies
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: South African National Biodiversity Institut 1982-10-01
Series:Bothalia: African Biodiversity & Conservation
Online Access:https://abcjournal.org/index.php/abc/article/view/1150