COMPARATIVE MORPHOLOGICAL AND ANATOMICAL STUDIES OF LANTANA (VERBENACEAE)

Document Type : Original Article

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1 Botany Dept. Faculty of Science (Girls), Al-Azhar University, Cairo, Egypt.

2 Flora and Phytotaxonomy Researches, Horticultural Research Institute, Agricultural Research Centre, Ministry of Agriculture, Dokki, Giza 12618, Egypt.

Abstract

       A comparative anatomical and morphological observation was conducted on Lantana camara L., L. viburnoides (Forssk.)Vahl, L. hispida H.P.K. and L. montevidensis (Spreng.) Briq. The variation in vegetative and floral morphology as well as diversity of anatomical features besides level and shape of stomata and types of trichome supports the definition of each studied species. Two artificial keys based on these characters were designed.

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