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A palynological study of Galium L. (Rubiaceae) in Egypt and its systematic implication

✍ Scribed by K. Abdel Khalik; M. M. Abd El-Ghani; A. Elkordy


Publisher
John Wiley and Sons
Year
2007
Tongue
English
Weight
769 KB
Volume
118
Category
Article
ISSN
0014-8962

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✦ Synopsis


Abstract

A pollen morphological investigation of eleven species and one subspecies of the genus Galium L. from Egypt were undertaken by using light microscope (LM) and scanning electron microscope (SEM). Pollen shape, size, exine ornamentation, number of apertures present powerful characters for distinguishing between species. The pollen grains were zonocolpate. The number of colpi ranges from 5 to 10. Their shape varies from prolate spheroidal, oblate spheroidal, spheroidal to suboblate. Three groups can be distinguished based on the size pollen grains. It was found used to distinguish between closely related species G. aparine and G. spurium and between G. tricornutum and G. ceratopodum. Two different types of exine ornamentation were recognized. The ornamentation was found useful to distinguish among closely related species such as Galium aparine and G. spurium. A key for the identification of the investigated taxa based on pollen grains characters is provided. (Β© 2008 WILEY‐VCH Verlag GmbH & Co. KGaA, Weinheim)


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