Abstract
In both the taxa, the tepals are 3-traced and the extrorse stamens are one-traced. The placentation is parietal. The bases of the 6 tepals (Gloriosa) or the outer tepals (Tricyrtis) are nectariferous. These appear like ‘pouches’ or ‘sacs’. The increased branching of the traces at the base of the outer tepals inTricyrtis and of both the whorls inGloriosa is related with the development of the nectaries. The study reveals that both genera are rather close and are more at home together in a taxonomic entity.
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Vaikos, N.P., Pai, R.M. The floral anatomy ofGloriosa superba L. andTricyrtis pilosa Wall. (Liliaceae). Proc. Indian Acad. Sci. 96, 233–239 (1986). https://doi.org/10.1007/BF03053307
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