Taxonomic Implication of the Stellate Trichomes to Genus Deutzia Subsection Coreanae in Korea

한국산 말발도리속, 매화말발도리아절 식물에 대한 성모형태의 분류학적 적용

To reexamine the taxonomic characters of Deutzia coreana, D. tozawae, and D. triradiata, which were belonged to Subsection Coreanae of genus deutzia in Korea, the stellate trichome in the leaf, one of the major diagnostic characters, was investigated with the stereo and scanning electron microscopes. The number of trichome was nearly equal in both sides of the leaf, while the ray was mainly 4 and 5 in D. coreana. However, there was little trichomes in the upper surface of D. tozawae, and in the lower surface of D. triradiata. D. tozawae had 3, 4-rayed trichomes in leaf surfaces, and D. triradiata 3-rayed ones, respectively. As a result, these three species were also distinguishable by the stellate trichomes in the leaf.