Research Article

Occurrence of Morphological and Anatomical Adaptive Traits in Young and Adult Plants of the Rare Mediterranean Cliff Species Primula palinuri Petagna

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Schematic representation of the development of P. palinuri plants from seedling stage up to the beginning of rhizome formation: (a) seedling; (b) very young plants with hypocotyl elongating into a small cone and tuberizing epicotyl; (c) young plant with tuberized epicotyl elongating to form a rhizome and many adventitious roots emerging at the base of the hypocotyl cone.
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