In the present study, the morphological
characters, root, stem and leaf anatomy, pollen and achene micromorphology of Bellis L. species (Bellis annua L., B. perennis
L. and B. sylvestris Cirillo)
distributed in Turkey have been investigated on light and scanning electron
microscope. Palynological analysis showed that pollen characters were found as
small to medium size, isopolar, radially symmetrical, oblate spheroidal and
prolate spheroidal, tricolporate and echinate-perforate ornamentation in the
three species. Achene characters were found dark brown to yellow in colour, often
cylindrical, compressed, with thickened margin, obovate orobovoid shaped,
pappus absent and the coat ornamentations are rectangular with short hairs on the
surface. As a result of this study, leaf morphology and some pollen
characteristics such as pollen size, shape, perforation and distance between
spines were demonstrated to be different among the Bellis species.