TITLE:
Comparative Analysis of the Fruit Pericarp Structure of the Desert and Mountain Species of Ferula L. (Apiaceae Lindl.)
AUTHORS:
Vasila K. Sharipova
KEYWORDS:
Ferula, Fruit, Anatomy, Secretory Structure, Adaptation
JOURNAL NAME:
American Journal of Plant Sciences,
Vol.8 No.9,
August
2,
2017
ABSTRACT: It has described
structure of the pericarp of 6 Ferula species fruits
in natural habitat conditions: Nuratau range and Kyzylkum Desert. Differences
in the location and structure of the secretory conceptacles have been
discovered due to their biomes and habitat conditions. Secretory tubules of
mature fruit pericarp (Scorodosma subgenus) F. foetida obliterated. In the pericarp (Macrorrhiza section) of F.
varia fruit, there are two types of secretory structures: dorsal
and commissural. In the fruit pericarp of (Xeronarthex section) F.
kyzylkumica, F. helenae, F. dshizakensis and F. angreni species, there are three types:
dorsal, commissural and costal, which increase their drought resistance and reflect
a higher evolutionary level of taxa [1].