INTERSPECIFIC AND INTRASPECIFIC VARIATION IN POLLEN SIZE IN ASPHODELUS SECTION ASPHODELUS (ASPHODELACEAE)

Authors
LIFANTE ZD
Citation
Zd. Lifante, INTERSPECIFIC AND INTRASPECIFIC VARIATION IN POLLEN SIZE IN ASPHODELUS SECTION ASPHODELUS (ASPHODELACEAE), Grana, 35(2), 1996, pp. 97-103
Citations number
23
Categorie Soggetti
Plant Sciences
Journal title
Grana → ACNP
ISSN journal
00173134
Volume
35
Issue
2
Year of publication
1996
Pages
97 - 103
Database
ISI
SICI code
0017-3134(1996)35:2<97:IAIVIP>2.0.ZU;2-A
Abstract
The pollen morphology of the nine species of Asphodelus sect. Asphodel us (Asphodelaceae) and their infraspecific taxa has been investigated. Polar, equatorial transversal and equatorial longitudinal axes have b een measured, and EL/ET ratios calculated. Differences in pollen size are in most cases related to ploidy level, and provide for most specie s useful taxonomic characters at the infraspecific level.