Contributions to the Embryology of Padina gymnospora (Phaeophyta, Dictyotales)
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1978
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Botanica Marina
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The pattern of tetraspore germination and early stages of development in Padina gymnospora
(Kuetzing) Vickers (Phaeophyta, Dictyotales) have been investigated for a period of seven
weeks. The early stages of development were äs earlier reported for other Dictyotales. However,
new findings were found with respect to shoot differentiation. The erect shoots were initiated
both from the meristematic activity of the ‘Central nodule' and from shoot initials which
developed at intervals along the length of the rhizoids. The biological significance of the
rhizoidal shoots is discussed
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Contributions to the Embryology of Padina
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Mshigeni, K.E. and Mkwizu, K.J.K., 1978. Contributions to the embryology of Padina gymnospora (Phaeophyta, Dictyotales). Botanica Marina, 21(6), pp.331-336.