Pollen Morphology of Pillansia L. Bolus (Iridaceae)

Pollen Morphology of Some Turkish Crocus L. (iridaceae) Species

The genus Crocus L. (Iridaceae) comprises about 80 species distributed mainly in the Mediterranean region. It is widely dispersed in Turkey; at present about 67 taxa (including subspecies and varieties) are recognized there (Mathew, 1984, 1988, 1995, 2000; Kerndorff and Pasche, 2003, 2004). The Turkish Crocus species have received attention by several workers, who have concentrated mainly on mo...

Pollen Morphology of Rapateaceae

pollen morphology of five iranian olive (olea europaea l.) cultivars

pollen grains of five olive cultivars (olea europaea l .) were examined, using scanning electron microscopy (sem) for identification purposes. four measurments, polar axis (p), equatorial diameter (e), p/e ratio and exine patterns were made. forty pollen grains of each cultivar were viewed before finally selecting a representative pollen grain. polar diameter ranged between 22.76 μm for the...

Evolution of pollen morphology.

Over evolutionary time, the morphology of angiosperm pollen has evolved toward an increasing number of apertures, among other things. From a neo-Darwinian point of view, this means that (i) some polymorphism for aperture number must exist and (ii) there must be some fitness increase associated with increasing the aperture number. Pollen types with different aperture numbers often occur in the s...

Micro-morphology of fruit and pollen in Satureja khuzistanica Jamzad.

Background & Aim: Satureja khuzistanica Jamzad. is an aromatic and medicinal perennial plant belongs to family mint (Lamiaceae). It is also an Iranian exclusive endemic species, its essential oil components are widely used in medicinal, culinary, and perfume industries. Experimental: Flowers were collected in 10 regions in Khuzistan and Lorestan provinces, Iran at early anthesis durin...