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Annals of Botany 86: 87-97, 2000
© 2000 Annals of Botany Company

Floral Development of Three Maesa Species, with Special Emphasis on the Position of the Genus within Primulales

Pieter Caris+, Louis P. Ronse Decraene, Erik Smets and Denis Clinckemaillie

Laboratory of Plant Systematics, Institute of Botany and Microbiology, K.U. Leuven, Kardinaal Mercierlaan 92, B-3001, Leuven, Belgium

Received: 27 October 1999 ; Returned for revision: 10 January 2000 . Accepted: 20 March 2000

Floral development of three Maesa Forssk. species, M. argentea Wall., M. japonica(Thunb.) Moritzi ex Zoll. and M. perlarius(Lour.) Merr., was studied with a scanning electron microscope. The distinctive floral features of the genus, such as presence of two persistent bracteoles, perigynous flowers and many-seeded fruits, have been used to discuss the systematic position of the genus within Primulales. In addition, the development of common stamen-petal primordia, the number, arrangement and position of ovules and the shape of the anthers provide evidence in favour of placing Maesa in a separate family, Maesaceae, as suggested by Anderberg and Ståhl (Canadian Journal of Botany, 73: 1699–1730, 1995). Copyright 2000 Annals of Botany Company

Primulales, Maesa argentea Wall., Maesa japonica(Thunb.) Moritzi ex Zoll., Maesa perlarius(Lour.) Merr., floral ontogeny, SEM


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