Seed reference record
Arthrostemma ciliatum
Melastomataceae · Naturalized
This species has measurements but has not been photographed yet. Imaging the remaining records to the same three-orientation standard is part of the funded work.
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Measured
- 1–1.11 mm
- length
- 0.84–0.92 mm
- width
- 0.21–0.32 mg
- mass
- Arthrostemma
- genus
Storage behaviour
uncertain
Whether a seed can be dried and frozen decides whether it can be banked at all — which is the first question a seed laboratory asks and one no identification tool usually answers.
Dormancy
No pre-treatment recorded.
Seeds of a similar size
An unknown seed of this size could be any of these. That is the practical value of a measured reference set: it says what a specimen might be confused with, and by how little.
