Claim · model-written summary
Early floral development begins with a circular primordium showing enhanced transverse growth.
- Taxon
- Stylidium adnatum and Stylidium graminifolium
Stylidium graminifolium
Stylidium adnatume0 - Organ / stage
- floral primordiume0
- Outcome
- enhanced growthe0
Verbatim
e0“The early floral development of Stylidium adnatum and Stylidium graminifolium is characterized by an initial circular primordium whose areas in the transversal plane of the floral primordium show enhanced growth.”
Title
Claudia Erbar Canadian Journal of Botany 1992. doi:10.1139/b92-036
Other claims from this paper (8)
- Observation Spiral sepal inception precedes differentiation of two stamen primordia and the corolla ring.
- Observation Five alternating petal primordia arise on the corolla ring.
- Observation Stylidiaceae flowers have a column bearing both stigma and anthers.
- Observation The floral column is probably a receptacular tube.
- Observation Distinct carpel primordia were not seen.
- Observation The inferior ovary develops by intercalary receptacle growth.
- Observation A transverse septum from the residual floral apex makes the ovary bilocular.
- Observation Discussed characters support placement of Stylidiaceae near Campanulales.