Anatomical Remarks of Some Species of Silene and Bufonia (Caryophyllaceae), Endemic to Sinai, Egypt | ||
| Egyptian Journal of Botany | ||
| Article 11, Volume 61, Issue 1, April 2021, Pages 155-166 PDF (3.9 M) | ||
| Document Type: Regular issue (Original Article) | ||
| DOI: 10.21608/ejbo.2020.32998.1512 | ||
| Authors | ||
| Abass A. El- Ghamery1; Ahmed Sadek1; Ali Gaafar* 2 | ||
| 1Botany and Microbiology Department, Faculty of Science, Al-Azhar University, Egypt | ||
| 2Botany Department, Faculty of Science, New Valley University, El-Kharga,71511- Egypt | ||
| Abstract | ||
| ANATOMICAL features of stem and leaf have been studied on four endemic species collected from St. Catherine area, S. Sinai, Egypt. viz. Silene leucophylla Boiss., S. oreosinaica, S. schimperiana and Bufonia multiceps which is provided for the first time. Comparative study was conducted using both light microscope (LM) and scanning electron microscopy (SEM), based on the anatomical structure of the leaf and stem. Druses were found abundantly in both leaf and stem tissue in studied Silene taxa, absent in Bufonia multiceps. Stomata were mostly diacytic or both diacytic and anomocytic were also recorded. Surface view of epidermal cells were straight or undulated. Epicuticular wax platelets have been observed on epidermal and guard cells of S. schimperiana and S. leucophylla. The leaf epidermal and stem anatomical characters were found distinct in each species. Artificial key was provided for the identification of the studied species. | ||
| Keywords | ||
| Anatomy; Bufonia; Caryophyllaceae; Endemic; Flora of Egypt; Leaf; Silene; Stem | ||
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