Morphological study and identification of some woody plant seedlings of dry evergreen forest at Klong Plu, Hauy Kha Kheng Wildlife Sanctuary, Changwat Uthai-thani
1997
Voradol Chamchumroon
Morphological study and identification of some woody plant seedlings of dry evergreen forest at Klong Plu, Hauy Kha Kheng Wildlife Sanctuary, Changwat Uthai-thani were conducted by surveying, seed collections, the plant specimens in the area, botanical identification, morphological descriptions and preparation germinating seeds in the nursery of Department of Forest Biology and Klong Plu Ranger station. Based on mode of germination and some morphological characters, classification of seedling types and identification key to genera and species were undertaken. According to the present study, the seedlings belong to 28 families, 49 genera and 52 species. Based on the cotyledon characters is 10 types and mode of germination is 3 types. The seedlings are classified into 9 groups respectively. Morphology and function of cotyledons, phyllotaxy of first leaves and characteristic and phyllotaxy of later leaves were taken into consideration. The identification key to 52 seedling species was constructed for field observation.
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