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E-ISSN No: 2455 - 7218

P-ISSN No: 0019 - 4468

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ONTOGENY OF MICROSPORANGIUM AND DEVELOPMENT OF MALE GAMETOPHYTE

IN MALAXIS VERSICOLOR (LINDL.) ABEYW. (ORCHIDACEAE)

Author

M.R. GURUDEVA

Abstract

The anther in Malaxis versicolor (Lindl.) Abeyw. is dithecous and tetrasporangiate. Its wall development conforms to

the monocotyledonous type (Davis, 1966). Mass of densely protoplasmic cells represents the archesporium. Each such

archesporium develops into pollinium. The anther

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