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Prominent spermoderm patterns of Poaceae

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Scanning electron microscopy studies of 60 genera and 118 species of the Poaceae revealed prominent spermoderm patterns. The most common patterns observed (with percent occurrence) were simple reticulate with straight walls (48.3%), simple reticulate with wavy walls (14.4%), and verrucate without pubescence (13.6%). No other pattern occurred in more than 10% of the species observed. Some genera possess common spermoderm patterns among species while others do not.

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  1. Department of Botany and Plant Sciences, University of California, 92521, Riverside, California, U.S.A.

    James L. Jordan, Lowell S. Jordan & Catalina M. Jordan

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Jordan, J.L., Jordan, L.S. & Jordan, C.M. Prominent spermoderm patterns of Poaceae. Bot Mag Tokyo 96, 269–272 (1983). https://doi.org/10.1007/BF02499005

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