@article {50,
	title = {Spore morphology of Iso{\"e}tes (iso{\"e}taceae) from China},
	journal = {Journal of Systematics and Evolution},
	volume = {46},
	year = {2008},
	note = {Export Date: 11 November 2013Source: Scopus},
	month = {2008///},
	pages = {479 - 489},
	abstract = {Micromorphological characters of mega- and microspores of five Iso{\"e}tes species from China were observed under scanning electron microscope (SEM). Megaspores of I. hypsophila have a levigate ornamentation, and are 358 μm in diameter (mean, n=30), microspores of this species have a gyrus ornamentation, and are 22 μm in length (mean, n=30); megaspores of I. yunguiensis have a cristate-reticulate ornamentation, with a size of 390 μm in diameter (mean, n=30), while microspores nearly smooth with some fine granulates, and with a size of 22 gm in length (mean, n=30); megaspores of I. taiwanensis are tuberculate and 312 μm in diameter (mean, n=30), echinate microspores are 24 μm in length (mean, n=30); cristate megaspores of I. sinensis are 409 μm in diameter (mean, n=30), and echinate microspores are 28 μm in length (mean, n=30); megaspores of I. orientalis have a cristate-reticulate ornamentation, with diameter of 420 μm (mean, n=30), microspores of this species have an echinate-tuberculate ornamentation with a size of 34 μm in length (mean, n=30). Based on the morphological characters of spores and chromosome numbers among taxa, it was found that mean spore size in each species of Iso{\"e}tes generally reflected the ploidy level. I. hypsophila, I. yunguiensis and I. taiwanensis, with smaller mean spore size, are diploidy with 2n=22; I. sinensis (2n=44) and I. orientalis (2n=66), with larger mean spore size, are polyploidy. The spore morphology of Iso{\"e}tes still plays an important role in identification and classification of Iso{\"e}tes from China.},
	keywords = {China, Evolution, Isoetes, Origin, Spore morphology},
	url = {http://www.scopus.com/inward/record.url?eid=2-s2.0-57349117891\&partnerID=40\&md5=f310ff0165e440259efb4b7c64314743},
	author = {Liu, X. and Liu, H. and Wang, Q.-F.}
}
