Pollen morphology of selected species of Anacardiaceae and its taxonomic significance

Abstract In the present work, pollen morphology of 22 species Anacardiaceae was analysed, occurring in state Bahia, Brazil. The palynological material obtained from specimens deposited herbaria. grains were acetolysed, measured, illustrated and described under light scanning electron microscopies. quantitative data statistically analysed according to sample size. presented monads, small medium sized, isopolar, amb circular subtriangular, with shapes varying oblate-spheroidal prolate, 3-colporate, fastigium some species. exine ornamentation characterized as psilate, striate, microreticulate-striate, striato-perforate, suprastriato-infra(micro)reticulate. variation confirms eurypalynous character family. attributes apertures may collaborate taxonomic circumscription provide a clarification phylogenetic relationships group.