• Journal of Integrative Natural Science
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• v.1 no.3
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• pp.195-209
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• 2008

Some Korean terminologies on reproductive structures of seed plants in plant morphology, written incorrectly in many books, were analysed to propose accurately expressed terminologies. 31 books in areas such as general biology, plant biology, plant morphology, and biological dictionaries and glossaries were selected to analyse the accuracy of the terminologies for reproductive structures in gymnosperms, e.g., cone or strobilus, seed (or ovulate) cone and pollen cone, and conifer(s) or coniferous plants, and for flower structures in angiosperms, e.g., corolla, anther, filament, pistillate (or female) flower and staminate (or male) flower, apocarpous, and syncarpous. The definition and etymology of the terminologies were traced in 4 textbooks of plant anatomy and 2 dictionaries of biology and botany written in English. On the basis of the definition, etymology, and principles for terminology formation according to the International Organization for Standardization (ISO 704:2000), reasonably expressed Korean terminologies were proposed. All of the 8 terminologies examined in this study were included in the glossary of biological terminologies, published by the Korean Association of Biological Sciences in 2005, and designated as an editorial source for science and biology textbooks for middle and high schools by Ministry of Education in 2007. However, the only 1 of the 8 terminologies described in the glossary were consistent with the proposed expression in the present study. These inconsistencies indicated the need for a reassessment of this glossary of biological terminologies. The newly proposed terminologies would facilitate mutual understanding between teachers and students of plant biology.

• Korean Journal of Plant Taxonomy
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• v.41 no.3
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• pp.242-245
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• 2011

In this study, we described and illustrated an unrecorded species from the Korean flora, Sciaphila nana Blume, which is included in the order Pandanales and the family Triuridaceae. This taxon was found at Mul Oreum in Namwon-eup, Seogwipo-si, Jeju Special Self-Governing Province for the first time in Korea. The order Pandanales can be distinguished from the order Liliales by the anomocytic or tetracytic stomata and syncarpous or apocarpous gynoecia of the Pandanales. The family Triuridaceae and the other four taxa in the Pandanales, Cyclanthaceae, Pandanaceae, Stemonaceae, and Velloziaceae, are easily distinguished because the Triuridaceae are microtrophic herbs with scaly leaves. S. nana has a subulate style with a glabrous apex, ovate to narrow ovate leaves and bracts, male perianth segments with a knob-like structure at the apex, and a dimorphic perianth. Therefore, it is easily distinguished from S. tenella, S. multiflora, S. secundiflora, S. thaidanica, S. ramosa, and S. arfakiana.

• Korean Journal of Plant Taxonomy
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• v.37 no.4
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• pp.431-446
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• 2007

The purpose of this study is to review the taxonomical position of Phytolacca insularis Nakai based on morphological characters and ITS sequences. Phytolacca insularis was similar to P. acinosa in the stem shape, inflorescence, apocarpous, eight pistils, eight stamens, pink anther, and eight fruits. But the unique difference between P. insularis and P. acinosa was leaf size and pistil color. Phytolaccri insularis and P. acinosa have a similar sculpturing patterns as an foveolate and microscabrate in pollen, but they differed from P. americana in having a bigger foveolae size in sculpture pattern. Phytolacca insularis and P. acinosa were similar in the seed size but different from P. americana by having a small size of seed. The seed surface of P. insularis and P. acinosa was similar with a irregularly undulate shape, but its feature of P. americana differed in having the reticulate shape. Phytolacc a insularis had identical ITS sequences with P. acinosa. Phytolacca insularis and P. acinosa have a close relationship in the morphological characters and ITS sequences. The examinations of morphology and ITS sequences suggest that P. insularis be a form of P. acinosa although it has been formerly treated as a distinct species.