POLLEN MORPHOLOGY IN THE TRIBE NIGELLEAE (RANUNCULACEAE): A WORLDWIDE PALYNOLOGICAL INVESTIGATION INTO THE SPECIES

IŞIK S., OYBAK DÖNMEZ E., UĞURLU AYDIN Z., Donmez A. A.

ACTA BIOLOGICA CRACOVIENSIA SERIES BOTANICA, cilt.61, sa.1, ss.93-119, 2019 (SCI-Expanded) identifier identifier

  • Yayın Türü: Makale / Tam Makale
  • Cilt numarası: 61 Sayı: 1
  • Basım Tarihi: 2019
  • Doi Numarası: 10.24425/abcsb.2019.127738
  • Dergi Adı: ACTA BIOLOGICA CRACOVIENSIA SERIES BOTANICA
  • Derginin Tarandığı İndeksler: Science Citation Index Expanded (SCI-EXPANDED), Scopus
  • Sayfa Sayıları: ss.93-119
  • Anahtar Kelimeler: Garidella, Komaroffia, multivariate analysis, Nigella, Ranunculaceae, pollen morphology, L.
  • Hacettepe Üniversitesi Adresli: Evet

Özet

The pollen morphology of many collections of taxa of the tribe Nigelleae from the family Ranunculaceae which occur worldwide is presented in this study. A total of 88 specimens from 21 taxa, some of which were recently proposed, belonging to the genera Komarojjia, Garidella, and Nigella of Nigelleae were examined using light microscopy (LM) and scanning electron microscopy (SEM). In the tribe, the pollen type is mostly trizonocolpate, but in many taxa and specimens, both trizonocolpate and non-trizonocolpate types occur together. The pollen grains are small to medium (25-53.75 mu m x 20-55 mu m) in size and oblate to prolate in shape. The exine pattern at the mesocolpium in all the taxa investigated is similar: micro-echinate in LM and micro-echinate-punctate in SEM. The colpus membrane in Komaroffia and Ntgella is micro-echinate in both LM and SEM. In Garidella, it is micro-echinate in LM but echinate (spinulose) in SEM.