LATICIFERS IN THE BULB SCALES OF ALLIUM |
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| Authors: | Shiu-mei Huang Clarence Sterling |
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| Institution: | Department of Food Science and Technology, University of California, Davis |
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| Abstract: | The structure and distribution of laticifers has been studied in the bulb scales of 52 species and varieties of Allium. Differences in laticifer position, shape, and pitting in the cross wall of the observed specimens support Traub's separation of the subgenera Amerallium and Allium within the genus Allium. If the species examined are representative, anatomical evidence also justifies the distinction of the section Melanocrommyum and the subsection Cepa. |
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