Comparative seedling morphology of four species of Sida (Malvaceae) from Tripura, India and their taxonomic implications

Rashmi Rani; B. K Datta

doi:10.14719/pst.1712

Comparative seedling morphology of four species of Sida (Malvaceae) from Tripura, India and their taxonomic implications

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Rashmi Rani Department of Botany, IFTM University, Moradabad, 244 102, Uttar Pradesh, India https://orcid.org/0000-0002-4419-4025
B. K Datta Plant Taxonomy and Biodiversity Laboratory, Department of Botany, Tripura University, Suryamaninagar, 799 022, Tripura, India. https://orcid.org/0000-0002-5724-3324

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https://doi.org/10.14719/pst.1712

Keywords:

Juvenile stage, Sida, Taxonomy, Tripura

Abstract

Comparative seedling morphology of four Sida species occurring in Tripura were investigated. Seedling characters (germination pattern, position of cotyledon, hypocotyl, epicotyl and paracotyledon and eophylls development) were found to be important and promising from the taxonomic as well as evolutionary point of view. These characters provide important diagnostic character of the species of the genus. Phenogram based on UPGMA method has been prepared and correlation between the characters of seedling of four Sida species were studied.

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21-07-2022

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Rani R, Datta BK. Comparative seedling morphology of four species of Sida (Malvaceae) from Tripura, India and their taxonomic implications. Plant Sci. Today [Internet]. 2022 Jul. 21 [cited 2024 Dec. 22];9(sp1):56-60. Available from: https://horizonepublishing.com/journals/index.php/PST/article/view/1712

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Vol. 9 No. sp1 (2022)

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