Pollen morphology of some Geranium subgenus Robertium species of Iran

  • Maryam Keshavarzi Plant Science Dept., Faculty of Biological Science, Alzahra University
  • M. Behzadifar Plant Science Dept., Faculty of Biological Science, Alzahra University
  • Z. Nazem Bokaee Plant Science Dept., Faculty of Biological Science, Alzahra University
DOI: https://doi.org/10.5281/zenodo.155359

Abstract

Geranium (Geraniaceae) comprises more than 23 annual or perennial species in Iran. There is no study in Iran with pollen morphology emphasize. The main aim of this study is to find diagnostic pollen characters in studied species. Totally 40 accessions of five species (G. albanum, G. molle, G. purpureum, G. mascatense and G. pusillum) were collected. Pollen grains were studied by use of light and scanning electron microscopy. To reveal the species relationships different multivariate statistical methods were used. The pollen grains were monad, isopolar, radially symmetric and of spheroid, prolate-spheroid or oblate-spheroid classes. The main ornamentation type was clavate, however reticulate but striate was also observed. All sections are clearly separated by their pollen features except of Batrachioidea which show confusion with Ruberta. Species relationship is discussed.

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Fig. 4. Cluster analysis (Ward’s method) based on pollen features of Geranium.
Published
2016-06-01
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KESHAVARZI, Maryam; BEHZADIFAR, M.; NAZEM BOKAEE, Z.. Pollen morphology of some Geranium subgenus Robertium species of Iran. Modern Phytomorphology, [S.l.], v. 10, p. 39-45, june 2016. ISSN 2227-9555. Available at: <http://ojs.phytomorphology.org/index.php/MP/article/view/12>. Date accessed: 11 apr. 2018. doi: https://doi.org/10.5281/zenodo.155359.
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