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COMPARATIVE MORPHOLOGICAL STUDIES ON SOME SPECIES OF THE GENUS FUMARIA

RAMONA PĂLTINEAN1, JEAN NOËL WAUTERS2, MONIQUE TITS2, MICHEL FRÉDÉRICH2, LUC ANGENOT2, MIRCEA TĂMAŞ1, GIANINA CRIŞAN1*

1University of Medicine and Pharmacy “Iuliu Haţieganu” Cluj-Napoca, Faculty of Pharmacy, Department of Pharmaceutical Botany, 10-12, Ion Creangă Street, Cluj Napoca, Romania
2University of Liège, Faculty of Medicine, Department of Pharmacognosy, Drug Research Center (CIRM), Avenue de l' hôpital no. 1, B-4000- Liege, Belgium

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Morphological studies using a stereomicroscope performed on flower and fruit parts of the 7 species belonging to Fumaria genus revealed some differences and similarities. In this genus the zygomorphic flowers include 4 petals and 2 sepals which were different in size. The colors of their flowers range from white (Fumaria parviflora Lam.) to purplish pink (Fumaria rostellata Knaff.) or deep pink (Fumaria schleicherii Soy.Will). The sepals length varies among the species ranging from 0.1-0.5 mm (Fumaria vaillantii Loisel.) to 4-4.5 mm (Fumaria capreolata L.). The fruits are different in shape, length and width but some species present erect fruit pedicels while for other species the fruit pedicels are arched. Also the length of pedicel bracts is a specific character for each of these species.