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The Outline of Seed Silhouettes: A Morphological Approach to Silene (Caryophyllaceae)

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    SYSNO ASEP0569224
    Document TypeJ - Journal Article
    R&D Document TypeJournal Article
    Subsidiary JČlánek ve WOS
    TitleThe Outline of Seed Silhouettes: A Morphological Approach to Silene (Caryophyllaceae)
    Author(s) Javier Martin-Gomez, J. (ES)
    Rodriguez, José (BFU-R)
    Tocino, A. (ES)
    Janoušek, Bohuslav (BFU-R) RID, ORCID
    Juan, A. (ES)
    Cervantes, E. (ES)
    Number of authors6
    Article number3383
    Source TitlePlants. - : MDPI
    Roč. 11, č. 23 (2022)
    Number of pages20 s.
    Publication formOnline - E
    Languageeng - English
    CountryCH - Switzerland
    KeywordsCaryophyllaceae ; circularity ; convexity ; echinate seeds ; roundness ; rugose seeds ; smooth seeds
    Subject RIVEF - Botanics
    OECD categoryPlant sciences, botany
    Method of publishingOpen access
    Institutional supportBFU-R - RVO:68081707
    UT WOS000896221600001
    EID SCOPUS85143606809
    DOI10.3390/plants11233383
    AnnotationSeed morphology is an important source of information for plant taxonomy. Nevertheless, the characters under study are diverse, and a simple, unified method is lacking in the literature. A new method for the classification of seeds of the genus Silene based on optical images and image analysis has recently been described on the basis of morphological measurements of the lateral seed views. According to the outline of their silhouettes, seeds from 52 species (49 of Silene and three related species) were classified in three groups: smooth, rugose and echinate, revealing remarkable differences between these groups. This methodology has been applied here to 51 new species, making a total of 100 species of Silene analyzed so far. According to our data, a new group was described, termed papillose. The results showed morphological differences between the four mentioned seed groups, with reduced values of circularity for dorsal and lateral seed views in the papillose and echinate groups and reduced values of solidity in the papillose seeds. The method was applied to the analysis of individual as well as to average seed silhouettes and some of the differences between groups were maintained in both cases.
    WorkplaceInstitute of Biophysics
    ContactJana Poláková, polakova@ibp.cz, Tel.: 541 517 244
    Year of Publishing2023
    Electronic addresshttps://www.mdpi.com/2223-7747/11/23/3383
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