Pollen morphology of two Lysimachia L. (Primulaceae) species from European Turkey

Year 2021, Volume: 9 Issue: 3, 143 - 150, 29.09.2021

Nevin Şafak Odabaşı

https://doi.org/10.31195/ejejfs.1011481

An Erratum to this article was published on . https://dergipark.org.tr/en/pub/ejejfs/issue/83367/1456105

Abstract

The pollen morphology of two species of Lysimachia, L. atropurpurea and L. punctata from European Turkey were investigated using light and scanning electron microscopy. The pollen grains of L. atropurpurea are trizonocolporate, while those of L. punctata are trizonocolporate and tetrazonocolporate; prolate spheroidal or oblate spheroidal in shape and small in size. Ektoapertures are elongated colpi, endoapertures are lalongate pori. Exine is semitectate; the ornamentation rugulate with polygonal lumina which are larger equatorially and smaller towards the colpi ends. Intine is very thin. Palynological analysis revealed that the pollen grains of the two species are quite similar, but there are differences in the sizes of different characters. The obtained results would contribute to the future taxonomic revision of the genus in Turkey.

Keywords

Lysimachia, Primulaceae, pollen, LM, SEM, Turkey

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