The branching of the inflorescence and vegetative shoot and taxonomy of the genusKummerowia (Leguminosae) |
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| Authors: | Shinobu Akiyama Hideaki Ohba |
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| Institution: | (1) Department of Botany, University Museum, University of Tokyo, Hongo, 113 Tokyo;(2) Present address: Office for the Establishment of Prefectural Museums, Cultural Affairs Section, Organization of Chiba Prefectural Board of Education, Katsuragi 2-10-1, 280 Chiba |
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| Abstract: | A study of the branching of the inflorescence and the vegetative shoot of the genusKummerowia, consisting ofK. stipulacea (Maxim.) Makino andK. striata (Thunb.) Schindler, has led to the following conclusions: (1) the inflorescences of both species are reduced compound cymes,
(2) the branching system of the inflorescence ofKummerowia is not clearly different from that of the vegetative shoot and there are some transitional forms between both systems, and
(3) the inflorescence ofKummerowia is different from the racemose inflorescences ofLespedeza andCampylotropis. Based on the differences found in the branching system of the inflorescence,Kummerowia is distinctly separated fromLespedeza andCampylotropis and is more correctly treated as a distinct genus from the latter two. |
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| Keywords: | Branching system Inflorescence Kummerowia Lespedeza Lespedezinae |
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