Pollen morphology of Turkish Amaryllidaceae, Ixioliriaceae and Iridaceae

Abstract

The pollen morphology of numerous collections of taxa in the monocotyledonous families Amaryllidaceae, Ixioliriaceae and Iridaceae (order Asparagales) native to Turkey are presented in this study. Nineteen taxa from five genera of Amaryllidaceae, two taxa from Ixioliriaceae, and ten taxa from three genera of Iridaceae were examined with light and scanning electron microscopy. The pollen morphology is described in detail. In addition, pollen morphological data for Iris L., Crocus L. and Romulea Maratti taken from our previously published accounts are also included in the current report to provide an overall synthesis of the pollen characteristics of the three families in Turkey. The accumulated pollen data are described and discussed, and possible evolutionary trends for the pollen characters are considered.

Identification of monocot flora using pollen features through scanning electron microscopy

“…Reticulate sexine with large size plate muri and lumina having scabrate and sparsely perforate recorded in A. sisalana in this study. Micro‐reticulate sparsely perforate, scabrate, and verrucate sexine in I. tataricum which were dissimilar to the work of Oybak Dönmez and IşIK (). The ornamentation and sculpturing of exine in family Iridaceae observed in this study to be monosulcate, 3‐zonosulcate, reticulate, scabrate, and verrucate while Le Thomas, Suarez‐Cervera, and Goldblatt (1996) reported different type of sculpturing and ornamentation of exine of Iradiaceae family in his study.…”

The use of taxonomic studies to the identification of wetlands weeds

“…Similarly, exine of T. latifolia has Rugulate to scabrate sculpturing confirmed the findings of (Bahadur et al, 2018). The pollen micro-morphology also provides delimitation of the species within the genus of the family (Dönmez et al, 2008). Exine of the pollen was the basic character for differentiation between the species of different families.…”

Palyno‐anatomical studies of monocot taxa and its taxonomic implications using light and scanning electron microscopy

“…Rugulate, perforate, and psilate at the pole exine was reported for Amaryllidaceae. The pollen micromorphology provides support for the delimitation of the species within the genus of this family (Oybak Dönmez & IşIK, ). The pollen of Orchids shows various types of accumulation from a smear sticky monads to different pollinia forms with tetrads or monads in more consequent orchids clades (Harder & Johnson, ).…”