TITLE:
Kuschakewiczia versus Solenanthus—Palynological Data and the Generic Position of Kuschakewiczia turkestanica Regel and Smirnov (Boraginaceae)
AUTHORS:
Karel Sutorý
KEYWORDS:
Central Asia; Kuschakewiczia; Solenanthus
JOURNAL NAME:
American Journal of Plant Sciences,
Vol.4 No.7A,
July
18,
2013
ABSTRACT: The genus Kuschakewiczia, Regel and Smirnov [1], was described including
only one species, K. turkestanica.
Later it was joint with the genus Solenanthus,
although there are characters (corolla having narrow long lobes, filaments inserted on the
corolla margin, low gynobasis, small scar on nutlets after disconnecting
without any strip of tissue, reduced number of nutlets in the ripe
fruit, etc.) which distinguish the two genera sufficiently. Palynological data,
although not significantly different, support its separate positions on the discrete generic
level.