Pollen Morphology of Hydrocotyloideae and Saniculoideae (Apiaceae) in China

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Pollen Morphology of Hydrocotyloideae and Saniculoideae (Apiaceae) in China

Sheh Meng-Lan, Su Pu

Received:1900-01-01 Revised:1900-01-01 Online:1992-03-18 Published:1992-03-18
Contact: Sheh Meng-Lan

Abstract

Abstract:

Pollen grains of 30 species and 2 varieties from China, belonging to 5 genera (out

of 36 species in 5 genera) of Hydrocotyloideae and Saniculoideae, were examined with light

microscope and scanning electron microscope. 1.Six types of the pollen shape are recognized

in Hydrocotyloideae and Saniculoideae from China, and their evolutionary trend is from

rhomboidal→subspheroidal→ellipsoidal→subrectangular→superrectangular to equatorial-

ly-constricted. 2.Pollen grains of Hydrocotyloideae are mostly ellipsoidal with P / E ratio

1.07-1.6, the polar axis 22.5-46μm long, the equatorial axis 13.75-27.5μm long, and with

the size index 21.1-31.8.They are angulapeturate in the great majority, and the exine sculp-

ture is recticulate under SEM. Those of Saniculoideae are mostly superrectangular or rectan-

gular, with P/E ratio 1.3-2.1, the polar axis 35-65μm long, the equatorial axis 17.5-

42.5μm long, and with the size index 28.2-49.7. They are planaperturate in the great majori-

ty and the exine sculpture is striate-reticulate or cerebro-reticulate under SEM. Therefore,

the latter might be more advanced than the former. 3.Pollen grains of Dickinsia Franch., en-

demic to China, are ellipsoidal,with P/E ratio 1.5,the polar axis 31.25-37.5μm long, the

equatorial axis 20-25μm, and with the size index 27.81. They are angulaperturate, and the

exine sculpture is cerebroid-reticulate under SEM. The genus is greatly similar to the mem-

bers of Hydrocotyloideae in pollen morphology, which supports the treatment of the genus as

a member of Hydrocotyloideae by Handel-Mazzetti (1933).

Key words: Pollen morphology, Apiaceae, Hydrocotyloideae, Saniculoideae

Sheh Meng-Lan, Su Pu. Pollen Morphology of Hydrocotyloideae and Saniculoideae (Apiaceae) in China[J]. .

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