Pollen morphology of Thalictrum L., species (Ranunculaceae) in Turkey
Date
2005-06
Authors
Başer, Kemal Hüsnü Can
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Pakistan Botanical Soc
Abstract
In this study, the pollen morphology of 11 taxa of the Thalictrum L. (Ranunculaccae) viz., T. orientale Boiss., T aquilegifolium L., T sultanabadense Stapf.,T foetidum L., T. isophyroides C.A.Mey., T.minus L., var. minus Boiss., T.minus var. majus (Crantz) Crepin, T minus L. var. microphyllum Boiss., T.lucidum L., T.flavum L. and T. simplex L., from Turkey was investigated with light microscope and scanning electron microscope. LM observations reveal that pollen grains of the taxa are periporate with operculum, spheroidal, ornamentation microechinate. The numbers of pores are between 6 and 17. This palynological investigation is the first one which has been done on Thalictrum L., distributed in Turkey.
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Plant sciences, Ranunculaceae, Thalictrum, Thalictrum aquilegifolium, Thalictrum flavum, Thalictrum minus
Citation
Tatlıdil, S. vd. (2005). "Pollen morphology of Thalictrum L., species (Ranunculaceae) in Turkey By". Pakistan Journal of Botany, 37(2), 203-212.