Claim · model-written summary
Crosses with A. ficulneus produced only shriveled or empty seeds.
- Taxon
- Abelmoschus
Abelmoschust0 - Material
- A. ficulneuse3
- Outcome
- shriveled or empty seedse3
Not reportedGeneCompoundOrgan / stageInteractorInteractor roleSecond interactorSecond interactor roleTreatmentComparatorSettingDirectionValueQualifier
Organisms pictured · Representative pictures of the matched species, not figures from the paper.
Verbatim
t0“Species of Abelmoschus”
e3“Whereas the other four species readily crossed with each other and formed normal viable seeds, crosses with A. ficulneus resulted in only shriveled or empty seeds”
Title
B. P. Pal; H. B. Singh; Vishnu Swarup Botanical Gazette 1952. doi:10.1086/335734
Other claims from this paper (11)
- Observation The studied Abelmoschus species constitute a distinct taxonomic unit.
- Observation A. tuberculatus is more nearly related to A. esculentus than any other species studied.
- Observation A. manihot followed A. tuberculatus in relatedness to A. esculentus.
- Observation A. ficulneus is only distantly related to A. esculentus.
- Observation The other four species readily crossed with each other and formed normal viable seeds.
- Observation The F1 hybrids studied were sterile.
- Observation F1 hybrid fruits were seedless or developed only a few empty seeds.
- Observation Backcrosses and crosses among the hybrids failed to produce viable seeds.
- Observation Some useful characters of wild Abelmoschus species have been indicated.
- Observation A new species, A. tuberculatus, is described.
- Observation A. manihot var. pungens is a variety of A. manihot.