A morphological study of the hairs of Marsilea L.
| dc.contributor.author | Phiri, P.S.M | |
| dc.date.accessioned | 2011-03-25T08:51:37Z | |
| dc.date.available | 2011-03-25T08:51:37Z | |
| dc.date.issued | 2011-03-25 | |
| dc.description.abstract | A morphological study of hairs of Marsilea L. was undertaken. Methods involving scanning electron microscopy, histology and light microscopy were employed. Examined material based on 24 African species, 3 New World and 3 Australian species. The hairs are dorsiventrally flattened; sculptured with numerous papillae on dorsal surface, but very few or lacking on ventral surface. Hairs in all species are all anvil-shaped, elaborated into a two-armed, asymmetrical, uniseriate body. Mars-ilea farinosa is an exception for possessing two hair kinds, the anvil-shaped and the simple type.Traditional classification of Mars-ilea species is based on sporocarp characters; but existence of interspecific variation in hairs can lend support to a stable classification of the genus. | en_US |
| dc.identifier.uri | http://dspace.unza.zm/handle/123456789/235 | |
| dc.language.iso | en | en_US |
| dc.subject | Morphology | en_US |
| dc.title | A morphological study of the hairs of Marsilea L. | en_US |
| dc.type | Thesis | en_US |