International Bioscience Monographs: Teratological Modifications And the Meaning of Flower Parts

The significance of teratological studies in the interpretation of the morphology of flower and floral parts has been a controversial topic, since the time Bacon (1623) made some of his observations on this aspect. From that time, a number of plant scientists contributed substantially to our understanding on the deviations in the development of the floral organs from the usual course. Only few workers attempted on the ontogenetic and histogenetic investigations on teratology floral organs. Some of them tried to link out whether the terata are conducive to physiological experiments. Majority of the researchers on the teratology are of the opinion that the studies on this aspect are useful in the interpretation of the morphology of various plant organs.