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On the occurrence of sclereids in two genera of myrtaceae

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The sclereids are present in the fruits and the stem of three species ofSyzygium, namelyS. cumini, S. cinereum, S. nodosum, andEucalyptus tereticornis. They are absent from the leaves of all the species. InSyzygium mostly brachysclereids occur in the stem, with a few osteo and astrosclereids in fruits. InEucalyptus there are polymorphic brachy, osteo, astrosclereids and bizarre types in both the stem and fruits. The ontogeny of the sclereids is the same in all the species. The sclereids of all these species are unusually large and the distribution pattern varies particularly in the fruits. Their structure also is different in the two genera and all this may be of some taxonomic value.

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  1. Department of Botany, University of Lucknow, Lucknow

    Manju Malaviya

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Communicated by Prof. L. Narayana Rao,f.a.sc. (Lond.)

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Malaviya, M. On the occurrence of sclereids in two genera of myrtaceae. Proc. Indian Acad. Sci. 66, 45–52 (1967). https://doi.org/10.1007/BF03051669

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