Electron Microscopic Study (SEM) of the Seeds of Some Species of the MedicagoL. (Fabaceae Lind) Genus Relating to the Azerbaijan Flora

For the first time in Azerbaijan, micromorphological features of seeds belonging to nine species
(M. littoralis, M. rigidula, M. truncatula, M. arabica, M. minima, M. polymorpha, M. meyeri, M. orbicularis,
M.hipulina) of three sections of the Medicago genus were studied, using the electron microscope (SEM).
The status of some species of the Medicago genus, which belong to the Trigonellinae sub-tribe of the
Trifolieae tribe, is controversial. Due to differences in shape and size of seeds observed under an electron
microscope, these species may probably have the status of an independent species.