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Published Online: Mar 11, 2015
Page range: 15 - 18
Received: Jul 17, 2014
Accepted: Aug 24, 2014
DOI: https://doi.org/10.2478/biorc-2014-0017
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Hypericum elegans is a rare perennial distributed primarily in Central and Eastern Europe. Seed morphology and anatomy in H. elegans was studied on the basis of a seed sample from its only locality in Poland. Scanning electron microscopy revealed that the seed coat of mature seeds is composed basically of 3 cell layers: epidermal, subepidermal and sclerenchymatic. They are documented graphically here.