Fruit Features of Some Bupleurum Species (Apiaceae) and Their Systematical Implication
伞形科柴胡属部分物种的果实特征及系统学意义

Based on morphological and anatomical observation of the fruit of 21 representative Bupleurum taxa,the following results were found:(1) Most Chinese Bupleurum species had bilaterally compressed fruit and divided into three main fruit shapes,namely cylindrical,oblong,and ovate.(2) Crystals deposited in mesocarp cells of basal Apioideae,Saniculoideae,and Hydrocotyloidea were not found in Bupleurum.(3) According to oil canal numbers in the furrow,Chinese Bupleurum were divided into two groups.The first group h...