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POLLEN MORPHOLOGY OF CROCUS L.(IRIDACEAE) IN BULGARIA

UZUNDZHALIEVA KATYA SPASOVA
Maria POPOVA TODOROVA

Abstract

The pollen of the wild species from the genus Crocus L., spread in Bulgaria has been analyzed. The investigations, made by light microscope show that the pollen of these species is spherical in shape and round in outlines, comparatively big. These morphological characteristics of the pollen of the wild Bulgarian Crocuses define it as a primitive one [6]. The Scanning Electron Microscope investigations, made by Beug [1], established two types of pollen morphology. The results of our investigation led to the conclusion that the same types are also presented in Bulgarian species: – C.biflorus –type, or syncolpate and C.vernus – type, or inaperturate. Eight of the species belong to the first type and only C. pallasii belongs to the second. The pollen of C. reticulatus is with quite unclear aperture – maybe transition to the inaperturate type.

Keywords

pollen morphology; crocus; bulgaria

Hrčak ID:

83276

URI

https://hrcak.srce.hr/83276

Publication date:

18.6.2012.

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