Saponaria Linnaeus 1753
Creators: name: Erdir, Meltem
name: Ataşlar, Ebru
Publisher: name: Zenodo
Year: 2022
Subjects: Biodiversity
Taxonomy
Plantae
Tracheophyta
Magnoliopsida
Caryophyllales
Caryophyllaceae
Saponaria

description: GROUP A
1. Number of seeds per capsule ≥ 50.................................................................................................................................... S. officinalis
- Number of seeds per capsule <50......................................................................................................................................................2
2. Number of seeds per capsule 20 to 50................................................................................................................................................3
- Number of seeds per capsule <20......................................................................................................................................................4
3. Margin of testa cells straight ......................................................................................................................................... S. pamphylica
- Margin of testa cells sinuate .............................................................................................................................................. S. glutinosa
4. Number of seeds per capsule 10 to 20................................................................................................................................................5
- Number of seeds in capsule <10........................................................................................................................................................7
5. Seed comma shaped ...........................................................................................................................................................................6
- Seed reniform shaped ....................................................................................................................................................... S. calabrica
6. Seed testa verrucate .......................................................................................................................................................... S. orientalis
- Seed testa smooth ..................................................................................................................................................................... S. picta
7. Margin of testa cells divided or straight line ......................................................................................................................................8
- Margin of testa cells splitting .............................................................................................................................................................9
8. Cells divided....................................................................................................................................................................... S. dalmasii
- Cells not divided............................................................................................................................................................ S. mesogitana
9. Number of seeds 2–8 ........................................................................................................................................................ S. halophila
- Number of seeds 7–12 ......................................................................................................................................................... S. pumilio
GROUP B (all capsules have 1–2 seeds in this group)
1. Seed brown ............................................................................................................................................................... S. prostrata s.lat.
- Seed not brown ...................................................................................................................................................................................2
2. Seed dark-reddish brown; microsculpture smooth................................................................................................... S. karapinarensis
- Seed dull dark brown; microsculpture protrusions.............................................................................................................. S. kotschyi
description: Published as part of Erdir, Meltem & Ataşlar, Ebru, 2022, Taxonomic significance of seed and leaf micromorphology in Saponaria (Caryophyllaceae), pp. 73-88 in Phytotaxa 566 (1) on page 81, DOI: 10.11646/phytotaxa.566.1.4, http://zenodo.org/record/7103474