Transverse Section of the Root of Capsicum Species and their Taxonomic Importance

Aziagba Bibian Okwuchukwu; Okeke Clement Uwabunkeonye; Ezeabara Chinelo Anthonia; Uka Chiedozie Joel; Egboka Toochukwu Praise

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Transverse Section of the Root of Capsicum Species and their Taxonomic Importance

Aziagba Bibian Okwuchukwu, Okeke Clement Uwabunkeonye, Ezeabara Chinelo Anthonia, Uka Chiedozie Joel, Egboka Toochukwu Praise

Published in Journal of Plant Sciences (Volume 2, Issue 5)

Received: 2 October 2014 Accepted: 18 October 2014 Published: 30 October 2014

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Abstract

The genus, Capsicum belongs to the family Solanaceae. The transverse sections of the root of five varieties of Capsicum species were investigated. Some common similarities in the pores, ray sizes showing multiserriate and apotrachael parenchyma in some varieties shows close affinity .Variations in the number of vessels and scanty vasicentric paratracheal are suspected to be an influence both by the environment and ecological adaptation as well as genotype. Possession of banded and ,aliform./transverse paratracheal parenchyma by var. Bird eye pepper’ and var. ‘Nsukka yellow pepper’ indicates the two varieties to be more primitive when compared with others .Thus, this research could be important to plant Taxonomist in solving the confusion in the taxonomy of cultivated Capsicum.

Published in	Journal of Plant Sciences (Volume 2, Issue 5)
DOI	10.11648/j.jps.20140205.21
Page(s)	222-225
Creative Commons	This is an Open Access article, distributed under the terms of the Creative Commons Attribution 4.0 International License (http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/), which permits unrestricted use, distribution and reproduction in any medium or format, provided the original work is properly cited.
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Capsicum Annum, Capsicum Frutecens, Root, Solanaceae

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Aziagba Bibian Okwuchukwu, Okeke Clement Uwabunkeonye, Ezeabara Chinelo Anthonia, Uka Chiedozie Joel, Egboka Toochukwu Praise. Transverse Section of the Root of Capsicum Species and their Taxonomic Importance. J Plant Sci. 2014;2(5):222-225. doi: 10.11648/j.jps.20140205.21

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Aziagba Bibian Okwuchukwu

Department of Botany, Nnamdi Azikiwe University, Awka, Anmbra State, Nigeria
Okeke Clement Uwabunkeonye

Department of Botany, Nnamdi Azikiwe University, Awka, Anmbra State, Nigeria
Ezeabara Chinelo Anthonia

Department of Botany, Nnamdi Azikiwe University, Awka, Anmbra State, Nigeria
Uka Chiedozie Joel

Department of Botany, Nnamdi Azikiwe University, Awka, Anmbra State, Nigeria
Egboka Toochukwu Praise

Department of Botany, Nnamdi Azikiwe University, Awka, Anmbra State, Nigeria

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