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VIII.—Studies of Floral Morphogenesis. I. Median Bisections of Flower Primordia in Primula bulleyana Forrest*

Published online by Cambridge University Press:  06 July 2012

Frank Cusick
Affiliation:
Department of Botany, University of Aberdeen.

Synopsis

A Brief description of the early stages of floral organogenesis in Primula bulleyana is followed by an account of the formation of flowers from experimentally incised primordia. The nature of the floral parts that develop alongside a median incision is related to the developmental stage of the flower primordium at the time of its bisection. The observations are discussed with reference to the determination of the parts of the flower.

Type
Research Article
Copyright
Copyright © Royal Society of Edinburgh 1956

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Footnotes

*

This paper was assisted in publication by a grant from the Carnegie Trust for the Universities of Scotland.

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