Assessment of variability in Asystasia gangetica (L.) T Anderson from the Western Ghats of Kerala, India

Deepa Lekshmi V S; Anil Kumar  V S

doi:10.14719/pst.1900

Authors

Deepa Lekshmi V S Plant Systematics Laboratory, Department of Botany, University College, Thiruvananthapuram 695 034, India https://orcid.org/0000-0001-7616-0842
Anil Kumar V S Plant Systematics Laboratory, Department of Botany, University College, Thiruvananthapuram 695 034, India https://orcid.org/0000-0002-3809-2620

DOI:

https://doi.org/10.14719/pst.1900

Keywords:

Intraspecific variability, pollen morphology, spermoderm architecture

Abstract

The variability shown by Asystasia gangetica (L.) T. Anderson has been thoroughly analyzed by considering gross and micromorphology. The species shows variability in flower color and leaf shape among the accessions collected from different geographical locations. However, the microspore sculpturing was found to be uniform and the seed surface architecture showed variation in one of the accessions as well as A. gangetica var. krishnae.

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