Plant Diversity ›› 1993, Vol. 15 ›› Issue (02): 1-3.

• Articles •    

A KARYOMORPHOLOGICAL STUDY OF FIVE SPECIES IN THE RANUNCULACEAE FROM YUNNAN, WITH A SPECIAL CONSIDERATION ON SYSTEMATIC POSITIONS OF ASTEROPYRUM AND CALATHODES

YANG Qing-Er GONG Xun GU Zhi-Jiann WU Quan-An   

  1. Laboratory of Systematic and Evolutionary Botany, Academia Sinica
  • Online:1993-04-25 Published:1993-04-25

Abstract: In the present paper, five species in the Ranunculaceae from Yunnan were karyomorphologically investigated. Based on the results, along with the data in comparative morphology and palynology etc., systematic positions of Asteropyrum and Calathodes were dis-cussed.

Key words: Ranunculaceae, Karyomorphology, Systematic position