Microsporogenesis in Alysicarpus Vaginalis DC.:Further Evidence of a Criticism of Sareen and Wadhwa (1981)

The young anther is at first a homogenous mass of cells and is almost circular in transverse section. It generally becomes squarish and then four-lobed and each lobe contribute to a microsporangium. The archesporium which is multi-cellular and hypodermal in origin can be easily detected by its granular cytoplasm, larger nucleus and greater chromaticity.