African Journal of
Biotechnology

  • Abbreviation: Afr. J. Biotechnol.
  • Language: English
  • ISSN: 1684-5315
  • DOI: 10.5897/AJB
  • Start Year: 2002
  • Published Articles: 12480

Full Length Research Paper

Taxonomic diversity of stomata in dicot flora of a district tank (N.W.F.P.) in Pakistan

Khalid Ahmad1, Mir Ajab Khan1, Mushtaq Ahmad1, Muhammad Zafar1*, Muhammad Arshad2 and Farooq Ahmad1
  1Department of Plant Sciences, Quaid-I-Azam University Islamabad, Pakistan. 2Pir Mehr Ali Shah Arid Agriculture University Rawalpindi, Pakistan.
Email: [email protected]

  •  Accepted: 30 January 2009
  •  Published: 20 March 2009

Abstract

 

A total of 36 dicot species distributed in 34 genera and 20 families were investigated for stomatal diversity. Seven types of stomata were found in which amphianisocytic was the dominant one found in 12 species while staurocytic and diacytic were found in 7 and 6 species respectively. In 7 species two and in one species three different types of stomata were found.

 

Key words: Dicots, stomata, district tank.