Studies on the pollen morphology of the genus Alyssum (Brassicaceae)from Pakistan

Khan, R.,Federal Government Urdu Science Coll., Karachi . Dept.of Botany

Studies on the pollen morphology of the genus Alyssum (Brassicaceae)from Pakistan

2003

Khan, R.,Federal Government Urdu Science Coll., Karachi (Pakistan). Dept.of Botany

Pollen morphology of 7 species of the genus Alyssum belonging to thefamily Brassicaceae have been examined by light microscope. Pollen grains areusually isopolar; tricolpate with reticulate tectum. It is a stenopalynous genus.However, the species of this genus show little variation in shape, size colpilength and exine pattern. Hence the palynological characters are significant atspecific level.

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