Pollen Morphology of the Genus Malus and Its Taxonomic and Evolutionary Significance

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The pollen morphology of 26 species and 5 hybrids of the genus Malus was in-

vestigated with aid of SEM. It is found that the pollen morphology of Malus is rather simi-

lar in shape, size, position and number of aperture and exine sculpture. The characters of

polle morphology of sections and series are as follows: Sect. Malus Ser. Baccatae: Striae regu-

lar, parallel to colpi, and conjunct at pole; Ser. Pumilae: the same as in Ser. Baccatae, but

more or less curved near pole.

Sect. Docyniopes: Striae regular and parallel to colpi, but bent near pole.

Sect. Chloromeles: Striae irregular, dense and interlock.

Sect. Sorbormalus: Striae irregular, sparse and not interlock.

Ser. Sieboldiance: pollen grains prolate, with perforation among striae, colpi narrow;

Ser. Kansuenses: Pollen grains spheroidal, colpi wide in the middle but narrow at both ends,

striae relatively dense and regular, mostly dichotomous, perforation present; Ser.

Yunnanenses; Pollen grain spheroidae, colpi wide in the middle but narrow at both ends,

striae obviously irregular, less dichotomous, perforation absent. The major evolutionary

trend of exine sculpture of pollen may be from densely thin-striate to sparsely striate with

perforation. Characters of the exine sculpture of hybrids can be used to recognize the rela-

tionship between the parental species.

Key words: Malus, Pollen morphology, Classification

He Chao-Xing, Hsu Ping-Sheng. Pollen Morphology of the Genus Malus and Its Taxonomic and Evolutionary Significance[J]. .

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