Seasonal and Simultaneous Cleistogamy in Rostrate Violets (Viola, subsect. Rostratae, Violaceae)
Abstract
:1. Introduction
2. Results
2.1. The Location of CH and CL Flower Meristems in Viola reichenbachiana
2.2. Differences in the Floral and Fruit Morphology between CH and CL Flowers
2.3. Greenhouse Conditions Switched Seasonal Cleistogamy to Simultaneous in Viola caspia
3. Discussion
4. Materials and Methods
4.1. Study Species
4.2. Location of Floral Meristems in V. reichenbachiana
4.3. Morphology of CH and CL Flowers
4.4. Microstructure of CH and CL Flowers by SEM
4.5. Anatomy of Petiole, Stem, Peduncle of CH and CL Flower Elements
4.6. Establishing Differences in the Characteristics of V. caspia—Live Collection of Iranian Violets vs. Greenhouse Conditions
5. Conclusions
Supplementary Materials
Author Contributions
Funding
Acknowledgments
Conflicts of Interest
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Ammarellou, A.; Żabicka, J.; Słomka, A.; Bohdanowicz, J.; Marcussen, T.; Kuta, E. Seasonal and Simultaneous Cleistogamy in Rostrate Violets (Viola, subsect. Rostratae, Violaceae). Plants 2021, 10, 2147. https://doi.org/10.3390/plants10102147
Ammarellou A, Żabicka J, Słomka A, Bohdanowicz J, Marcussen T, Kuta E. Seasonal and Simultaneous Cleistogamy in Rostrate Violets (Viola, subsect. Rostratae, Violaceae). Plants. 2021; 10(10):2147. https://doi.org/10.3390/plants10102147
Chicago/Turabian StyleAmmarellou, Ali, Justyna Żabicka, Aneta Słomka, Jerzy Bohdanowicz, Thomas Marcussen, and Elżbieta Kuta. 2021. "Seasonal and Simultaneous Cleistogamy in Rostrate Violets (Viola, subsect. Rostratae, Violaceae)" Plants 10, no. 10: 2147. https://doi.org/10.3390/plants10102147