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Main Title Anatomy of the Seed and Seedling of 'Spartina alterniflora' Lois. (Poaceae).
Author Walsh, G. E. ;
CORP Author Environmental Research Lab., Gulf Breeze, FL.
Publisher c1990
Year Published 1990
Report Number EPA/600/J-90/386;
Stock Number PB91-163998
Additional Subjects Seeds ; Seedlings ; Plant growth ; Plant cells ; Plant tissues ; Plant anatomy ; Germination ; Species specificity ; Reprints ; Spartina alterniflora
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NTIS  PB91-163998 Some EPA libraries have a fiche copy filed under the call number shown. 07/26/2022
Collation 19p
Abstract
Members of the genus Spartina are dominant macrophytes in many salt marshes of North and South America, Europe, and Africa. Although the genus is of great ecological importance, seeds and seedlings of its 16 species have not been described. The seed and seedling of an American species, Spartina alterniflora, are described. The embryo is enclosed in a lemma, a palea, and two glumes. Vascularization of the embryo is panicoid. After germination, leaves arise by periclinal division of cells of the first tunica layer. Laminae assume the adult form by growth of ribs and formation of furrows on the adaxial surface. The panicoid anatomy of each furrow contains a vascular bundle surrounded by a mestome sheath and large, nucleated, parenchyma (Kranz) cells.