<abstract xmlns="http://www.w3.org/1999/xhtml"><p> Pollen grains of 10 species of Pedicularis occurring in Ukraine were investigated using light and scanning electron microscopy. Palynological data on 6 species are reported for the first time. General pollen morphology of the genus Pedicularis is presented. Three types of apertures (2-syncolpate, 3-colpate, and 3-syncolpate) and seven subtypes of sculpture (3-syncolpate pilate, 3-syncolpate microscabrate-tubeculate, 2-syncolpate microscabrate, 2-syncolpate microscabrate-tubeculate, 2-syncolpate microscabrate-tubeculate-perforate, 2-syncolpate microfoveolate, and 2-syncolpate microscabrate-perforate) are indentified. The subgenus Pedicularis is heterogeneous in its types of apertures and sculpture of the surface, which indicates the need of further taxonomic revision of the group.</p></abstract>

Pollen grains of 10 species of Pedicularis occurring in Ukraine were investigated using light and scanning electron microscopy. Palynological data on 6 species are reported for the first time. General pollen morphology of the genus Pedicularis is presented. Three types of apertures (2-syncolpate, 3-colpate, and 3-syncolpate) and seven subtypes of sculpture (3-syncolpate pilate, 3-syncolpate microscabrate-tubeculate, 2-syncolpate microscabrate, 2-syncolpate microscabrate-tubeculate, 2-syncolpate microscabrate-tubeculate-perforate, 2-syncolpate microfoveolate, and 2-syncolpate microscabrate-perforate) are indentified. The subgenus Pedicularis is heterogeneous in its types of apertures and sculpture of the surface, which indicates the need of further taxonomic revision of the group.

Pollen morphology of Ukrainian species of the genus Pedicularis L. (Orobanchaceae Vent.)

Department of Systematics and Floristics of Vascular Plants, M. G. Kholodny Institute of Botany, National Academy of Sciences of Ukraine, Tereshchenkivska 2, Kyiv 01601, Ukraine

Biodiversity Research and Conservation

Pollen grains of 10 species of Pedicularis occurring in Ukraine were investigated using light and scanning electron microscopy. Palynological data on 6 species...

Pollen morphology of Ukrainian species of the genus Pedicularis L. (Orobanchaceae Vent.)

Published Online: Sep 15, 2012

Page range: 5 - 13

DOI: https://doi.org/10.2478/v10119-011-0021-y

Keywords
pollen morphology, taxonomy, Pedicularis, Orobanchaceae, Ukraine

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Pollen morphology of Ukrainian species of the genus Pedicularis L. (Orobanchaceae Vent.)

Published Online: Sep 15, 2012

Page range: 5 - 13

DOI: https://doi.org/10.2478/v10119-011-0021-y

Keywordspollen morphology, taxonomy, Pedicularis, Orobanchaceae, Ukraine

This content is open access.

Keywords
pollen morphology, taxonomy, Pedicularis, Orobanchaceae, Ukraine