Pollen morphology of Acinos miller species growing in Turkey

KAYA A., Kutluk H.

JOURNAL OF INTEGRATIVE PLANT BIOLOGY, cilt.49, sa.9, ss.1386-1392, 2007 (SCI-Expanded) identifier identifier

  • Yayın Türü: Makale / Tam Makale
  • Cilt numarası: 49 Sayı: 9
  • Basım Tarihi: 2007
  • Doi Numarası: 10.1111/j.1744-7909.2007.00453.x
  • Dergi Adı: JOURNAL OF INTEGRATIVE PLANT BIOLOGY
  • Derginin Tarandığı İndeksler: Science Citation Index Expanded (SCI-EXPANDED), Scopus
  • Sayfa Sayıları: ss.1386-1392
  • Anahtar Kelimeler: acinos, lamiaceae, morphology, polen, scanning electron microscopy, SYSTEMATIC IMPLICATIONS, ESSENTIAL OIL, LABIATAE
  • Anadolu Üniversitesi Adresli: Evet

Özet

The pollen morphology of six taxa of the genus Acinos Miller has been examined under scanning electron microscopy (SEM) and a description of each taxon has been given. Acinos pollen is stephanocolpate (hexacolpate). Two main exine sculpturing types, foveolate-reticu late (only in subspecies of A. troodi) and reticulate have been defined. The dimension for the polar length ranges between 25.8-47.4 mu m, equatorial width 24.5-34.4 mu m, colpus length 20.0-40.5 mu m and colpus width 1.2-2.5 mu m. The shape is mostly subprolate to prolate, seldomly prolate-spheroidal. The results reveal rather uniform morphological features, however fine details are characteristic to differentiate the pollen taxa. Acinos pollen also share some common morphological features with the other Lamiaceae pollen.