Anatomical and morphological diagnostics of Tanacetum vulgare L. flowers

Abstract

Anna V. Kurkina

The morphological, histological and microscopical investigations on tansy Tanacetum vulgare L. flowers were carried out. For the first time were studied the microscopic and histological structures of the inflorescence (the basket) of T. vulgare, its flowers and diagnostic signs are revealed. There were observed the presence of the layer of sclerenchyma in the mesophyll of the inflorescence spathe. For the first time were described the morphological and anatomical characteristics of the structure of the fertile part of the tubular flower, flower stalk and leaflets, which compose corymbiform inflorescence from the baskets.