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TY  - JOUR
AU  - Baderinwa-Adejumo , Adejoke O.
AU  - Adenegan-Alakinde, Taiwo A.
PY  - 2023/10/17
Y2  - 2025/09/23
TI  - Vegetative anatomy of five domesticated members of the genus Cucurbita (Linn.) in Southwestern Nigeria
JF  - Research in Plant Biology
JA  - RIPB
VL  - 13
IS  - 
SE  - Articles
DO  - 10.25081/ripb.2023.v13.8575
UR  - https://www.updatepublishing.com/journal/index.php/ripb/article/view/8575
SP  - 29-36
AB  - &lt;p&gt;The vegetative anatomy of five domesticated species of the genus &lt;em&gt;Cucurbita &lt;/em&gt;L. found in South Western Nigeria was studied. The aim was to establish some useful diagnostic features that may be employed in combination with other characters as intra or inter-specific or generic tools for their delimitation. The study revealed exciting features that are helpful in the identification of each species. The genus can be divided into three groups based on the shape of the midrib. Those with a U-shape are &lt;em&gt;C. pepo&lt;/em&gt;, &lt;em&gt;C&lt;/em&gt;. &lt;em&gt;argyrosperma &lt;/em&gt;and &lt;em&gt;C&lt;/em&gt;. &lt;em&gt;ficifolia&lt;/em&gt;. &lt;em&gt;C. maximum &lt;/em&gt;has a round/flat shape while &lt;em&gt;C. moschata &lt;/em&gt;has V shape. Those with a U-shape can further be classed into those with a wide and narrow neck. &lt;em&gt;C&lt;/em&gt;. &lt;em&gt;argyrosperma &lt;/em&gt;has narrow neck with two vascular bundles, four layers of palisade tissues and 6 layers of abaxial epidermis. &lt;em&gt;C. pepo &lt;/em&gt;has a wide neck with three bicollateral bundles and two layers of palisade tissues while &lt;em&gt;C&lt;/em&gt;. &lt;em&gt;ficifolia &lt;/em&gt;has two bundles and three layers of palisade tissues. Overlaps and similarities in the number of vascular bundles, and layers of tissues showed generic affinity among the members.&lt;/p&gt;
ER  -