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Storage Behaviour 1000 Seed Weight Germination Literature CitedAPG Clade: EUDICOTS - CORE EUDICOTS - ASTERIDS - EUASTERIDS II
APG Order: Asterales
APG Family: ASTERACEAE
Kew Family: COMPOSITAE
Genus: Eclipta
Species Epithet: prostrata
Species Author: (L.) L.
Storage Behaviour
Storage Behaviour: Orthodox
Storage Conditions: Long-term storage under IPGRI preferred conditions at RBG Kew, WP. Oldest collection 4 years _____________________________________________________________________________
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1000 Seed Weight
Average 1000 Seed Weight(g): 0.6
Details of Component Seed Weights:
- 0.586; (RBG Kew, Wakehurst Place); Seed; *Seed weights reported may include minor covering structures
- 0.4044; (RBG Kew, Wakehurst Place); Seed; *Seed weights reported may include minor covering structures
- 0.4216; (RBG Kew, Wakehurst Place); Seed; *Seed weights reported may include minor covering structures
- 0.4044; (RBG Kew, Wakehurst Place); Seed; *Seed weights reported may include minor covering structures
- 0.4868; (RBG Kew, Wakehurst Place); Seed; *Seed weights reported may include minor covering structures
- 0.4116; (RBG Kew, Wakehurst Place); Seed; *Seed weights reported may include minor covering structures
- 0.381; (Baker Seed Herbarium, California); Seed; Seed mc not stated, but weight is likely to refer to air-dry seed.
- 0.1836; (RBG Kew, Wakehurst Place); Seed; *Seed weights reported may include minor covering structures
- 0.3684; (RBG Kew, Wakehurst Place); Seed; *Seed weights reported may include minor covering structures
- 0.298; (RBG Kew, Wakehurst Place); Seed; *Seed weights reported may include minor covering structures
- 0.91; (Clifford, 2000); Seed
- 0.388; (RBG Kew, Wakehurst Place); Seed; *Seed weights reported may include minor covering structures
- 0.2596; (RBG Kew, Wakehurst Place); Seed; *Seed weights reported may include minor covering structures
- 0.476; (RBG Kew, Wakehurst Place); Seed; *Seed weights reported may include minor covering structures
- 0.2944; (RBG Kew, Wakehurst Place); Seed; *Seed weights reported may include minor covering structures
- 3.3768; (RBG Kew, Wakehurst Place); Seed; *Seed weights reported may include minor covering structures
Germination
- 90 % germination (seeds sown: 20); germination medium: 1% agar; germination conditions: light 8/16; 15°C; 21 days; (RBG Kew, Wakehurst Place)
- 80 % germination (seeds sown: 20); germination medium: 1% agar; germination conditions: light 8/16; 20°C; 28 days; (RBG Kew, Wakehurst Place)
- 68 % germination (seeds sown: 19); germination medium: 1% agar; germination conditions: light 8/16; 25°C; 28 days; (RBG Kew, Wakehurst Place)
- 50 % germination (seeds sown: 18); germination medium: 1% agar; germination conditions: light 8/16; 20°C; 63 days; (RBG Kew, Wakehurst Place)
- 60 % germination (seeds sown: 15); germination medium: 1% agar; germination conditions: light 8/16; 25°C; 70 days; (RBG Kew, Wakehurst Place)
- 69 % germination (seeds sown: 16); germination medium: 1% agar; germination conditions: light 8/16; 30°C; 70 days; (RBG Kew, Wakehurst Place)
- 100 % germination (seeds sown: 19); germination medium: 1% agar; germination conditions: light 8/16; 15°C; 28 days; (RBG Kew, Wakehurst Place)
- 68 % germination (seeds sown: 19); germination medium: 1% agar; germination conditions: light 8/16; 25°C; 28 days; (RBG Kew, Wakehurst Place)
- 50 % germination (seeds sown: 14); germination medium: 1% agar; germination conditions: light 8/16; 25°C; 49 days; (RBG Kew, Wakehurst Place)
- 100 % germination (seeds sown: 20); germination medium: 1% agar; germination conditions: light 8/16; 25/10°C (Therm 8/16); 42 days; (RBG Kew, Wakehurst Place)
- 71 % germination (seeds sown: 17); germination medium: 1% agar; germination conditions: light 8/16; 20°C; 42 days; (RBG Kew, Wakehurst Place)
- 65 % germination (seeds sown: 17); germination medium: 1% agar; germination conditions: light 8/16; 25°C; 42 days; (RBG Kew, Wakehurst Place)
- 100 % germination (seeds sown: 19); germination medium: 1% agar; germination conditions: light 8/16; 20°C; 28 days; (RBG Kew, Wakehurst Place)
- 100 % germination (seeds sown: 18); germination medium: 1% agar; germination conditions: light 8/16; 25°C; 28 days; (RBG Kew, Wakehurst Place)
- 85 % germination (seeds sown: 20); germination medium: 1% agar; germination conditions: light 12/12; 23/9°C (Therm 12/12); (RBG Kew, Wakehurst Place)
- 100 % germination (seeds sown: 16); germination medium: 1% agar; germination conditions: light 8/16; 25/10°C (Therm 8/16); 42 days; (RBG Kew, Wakehurst Place)
- 100 % germination (seeds sown: 50); germination medium: 1% agar; germination conditions: light 12/12; 23/9°C (Therm 12/12); (RBG Kew, Wakehurst Place)
- 95 % germination (seeds sown: 20); germination medium: 1% agar; germination conditions: light 8/16; 15°C; 35 days; (RBG Kew, Wakehurst Place)
- 100 % germination (seeds sown: 20); germination medium: 1% agar; germination conditions: light 8/16; 20°C; 14 days; (RBG Kew, Wakehurst Place)
- 100 % germination (seeds sown: 19); germination medium: 1% agar; germination conditions: light 8/16; 35/20°C (Therm 8/16); 77 days; (RBG Kew, Wakehurst Place)
- 89 % germination (seeds sown: 19); germination medium: 1% agar; germination conditions: light 8/16; 25/10°C (Therm 8/16); 56 days; (RBG Kew, Wakehurst Place)
- 100 % germination (seeds sown: 50); germination medium: 1% agar; germination conditions: light 12/12; 26°C; (RBG Kew, Wakehurst Place)
- 100 % germination (seeds sown: 20); germination medium: 1% agar; germination conditions: light 8/16; 20°C; 7 days; (RBG Kew, Wakehurst Place)
- 100 % germination (seeds sown: 16); germination medium: 1% agar; germination conditions: light 8/16; 15°C; 42 days; (RBG Kew, Wakehurst Place)
- 76 % germination (seeds sown: 17); germination medium: 1% agar; germination conditions: light 8/16; 20°C; 42 days; (RBG Kew, Wakehurst Place)
- 56 % germination (seeds sown: 16); germination medium: 1% agar; germination conditions: light 8/16; 25°C; 42 days; (RBG Kew, Wakehurst Place)
- 100 % germination (seeds sown: 21); germination medium: 1% agar; germination conditions: light 8/16; 25/10°C (Therm 8/16); 14 days; (RBG Kew, Wakehurst Place)
Literature Cited
- RBG Kew, Wakehurst Place.
- Baker Seed Herbarium, California.
- Clifford, H.T. 2000. Dicotyledon seedling morphology as a correlate of seed size. Proceedings of the Royal Society of Queensland, 109:39-48.