Acta Botanica Croatica, Vol. 65 No. 2, 2006.
Original scientific paper
Pollen types of the Egyptian species of tribe Lactuceae (subfamily Cichorioideae-Compositae)
A.K.E. Osman
Abstract
Pollen morphology of forty six Egyptian species representing twenty three genera of the tribe Lactuceae was investigated using light and scanning electron microscopy. Seven pollen types were recognized: Geropogon pollen type, Koelpinia pollen type, Lactuca pollen type, Launaea pollen type, Rhagadiolus pollen type, Scolymus pollen type and
Scorzonera pollen type. Descriptions, a key, light microscope (LM) and scaning electron microscope (SEM) micrographs of each pollen type are provided.
Keywords
Pollen; Compositae; Lactuceae; Egypt
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4789
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Publication date:
20.10.2006.
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