Pollen and Seed Micromorphology of the some Erodium L’Herit (Geraniaceae) Species in Hatay Province
Abstract
In this study, pollen and seed micromorphology of 7 naturally distrubuted Erodium species (E. acaule, E. amanum, E. botrys, E. cucitarium, E. gruinum, E. malacoides and E. moschatum) in Hatay Province (Turkey) have been studied. Palynological analysis showed that pollen grains were generally medium, spheroidal and spheroidal subprolate, radially symmetrical, tricolporate and reticulate-clavate ornamentation. The seed characters were found ovate-eliptic and oblanceolate in shape, with rugose-foveate, reticulate-foveate and bireticulate-foveate ornamentation. The results demonstrated that characters such as pollen size, pollen shape, seed size, seed shape, seed surface ornamentation and seed cell pattern were found important and useful for the identification of Erodium species investigated.
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Primary Language
English
Subjects
Structural Biology
Journal Section
Research Article
Authors
Ahmet İlçim
This is me
0000-0001-8169-2472
Türkiye
Meryem Günenç
This is me
0000-0001-7050-3437
Türkiye
Faruk Karahan
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0000-0001-7927-1409
Türkiye
Publication Date
December 1, 2019
Submission Date
April 17, 2019
Acceptance Date
August 8, 2019
Published in Issue
Year 2019 Volume: 9 Number: 4