Comparative study on morphological character of leaves of various farm cultivars of Lonicera japonica / 中国中药杂志

ABSTRACT

<p><b>OBJECTIVE</b>To provide theoretical evidence for dividing and breeding cultivars of Lonicera japonica, the botanical character of laminas leaves observed and compared.</p><p><b>METHOD</b>Using the morphological method, the main character of leaves of 11 farm cultivars of L. japonica were systematically observed and the data were comparatively studied with statistical means. It included the length, width and the ratio of the length to the width of blade, density, length and thickness of the nonglandular hair in the epidermis.</p><p><b>RESULT</b>The results showed that there were obvious differences in length, width and the ratio of the length to the width of blade, density and length of the nonglandular hair in the epidermis.</p><p><b>CONCLUSION</b>On the basis of the differences of morphological character of leaves, the various farm cultivars could be identified.</p>