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A karyotypic and anatomical study of an unidentified liliaceous plant

J. J. Spies, D. S. Hardy
Bothalia | Vol 14, No 2 | a1161 | DOI: https://doi.org/10.4102/abc.v14i2.1161 | © 1983 J. J. Spies, D. S. Hardy | This work is licensed under CC Attribution 4.0
Submitted: 31 October 1983 | Published: 17 December 1983

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J. J. Spies, Botanical Research Institute, Department of Agriculture, South Africa
D. S. Hardy, Botanical Research Institute, Department of Agriculture, South Africa

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Abstract

An unidentified sterile liliaceous plant and three possible relatives were studied karyotypically and anatomically. All these plants have a somatic chromosome number of 2n = 14. The possibility of the sterile plant having arisen as a result of a mutation appears unlikely, when compared with the possibility of hybrid origin. Chromosome morphology rules out  Bulbine latifolia (L.f.) R. & S. and Aloe arborescens Mill, as possible parents. The sterile plant and Aloe marlothii Berger have similar karyotypes and. therefore. A. marlothii may be one of the parents. A close relationship between the sterile plant and the genus Aloe is further confirmed by their similar epidermal structure.


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