Study on the Flower Bud Differentiation Process of Gentiana triflora Pall.
[Objective] This study was to obseve the flower bud differentiation process of Gentiana triflora Pall., and to clarify the flower bud development law and the correlation between flower buds differentiation and external morphology. [Method] The paraffin section method was used to observe the flower bud of Gentiana triflora un- der microscope. [Result] The flower bud differentiation process of Gentiana triflora could be divided into six stages: the undifferentiated stage, initial differentiation stage, sepal primordia differentiation stage, petal primordia differentiation stage, stamen pri- mordia differentiation stage and the pistil primordia differentiation stage. The flower bud differentiation started from early May, when the plant had 10-11 stem nodes, and completed in early June, lasted about 40 d. The effect of plant height on flower bud differentiation was not significant. [Conclusion] The study provided theoretical basis for the high-yield cultivation, variety selection and flowering regulation of Gentiana triflora.