Some features of embryology Asphodelinetenuior (bieb.) Ledeb. (Asphodelaceae)

The paper presents the results of studying the features of embryology introduced into the Nikita Botanical Gardens of a narrow-aceal species from the family Asphodelaceae - asphodelin fine Asphodeline tenuior (Fisch ex M.Bieb.) Ledeb. - endemic to Russia, in natural conditions growing on stony slopes of the lowlands of the North Caucasus. The flowering processes have been studied, the features of the structure of flower elements and the generative sphere have been revealed, the types of formation of microsporangium and the male gametophyte have been determined, the structure of the ovule and the embryo sac has been described, and some stages of endospermo- and embryo-genesis are shown.It has been established that under the conditions of introduction on the Southern coast of Crimea, Asphodeline tenuior can successfully undergo the processes of formation of generative structures, pollination, fertilization, seed formation and germination of seeds.