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The present paper is the second contribution to the embryology of genusPhoenix L. The development of inflorescences, anthers, ovules, female gametophyte, endosperm and embryo was studied and the results obtained are given in this paper. Previous literature and methods followed have been given in the paper dealing with the embryology ofP. sylvestris (Proc. Ind. Acad. Sci., 1968,67 B, 77–96) and hence are not repeated here. The embryo-sac is of the monosporic octonucleatePolygonum type and embryo development follows theGeum variation of the Asterad type. The embryology in these three species thus broadly agrees with that inP. sylvestris.
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Communicated by Prof. T. S. Mahabale,f.a.sc.
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Biradar, N.V. Studies on palms: Embryology ofPhoenix pusilla gaertn.,P. Acaulis Buch. andP. Reclinata Jacq. Proc. Indian Acad. Sci. 67, 165–173 (1968). https://doi.org/10.1007/BF03053868
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