Pollen morphology of selected species of scrophulariaceae of District Dir Upper, Pakistan

Tehmina Asmat; Mir Ajab Khan; Mushtaq Ahmed; Muhammad Zafar; Fouzia Manzoor; Mamoona Munir; Kulsoom Akhtar; Shazia Bashir; Tehmeena Mukhtar; Madiha Ambreen; Sidra Nisar Abbasi

doi:10.5897/JMPR11.723

Pollen morphology of selected species of scrophulariaceae of District Dir Upper, Pakistan

Tehmina Asmat
, Mir Ajab Khan
, Mushtaq Ahmed
, Muhammad Zafar
, Fouzia Manzoor
, Mamoona Munir
, Kulsoom Akhtar
, Shazia Bashir
, Tehmeena Mukhtar
, Madiha Ambreen
, Sidra Nisar Abbasi

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The present investigation is carried out to illustrate and assess the taxonomic significance of Palynological features of 9 species belonging to 6 genera of the family Scrophulariaceae collected from District Dir Upper, Pakistan. Pollen grains are usually radially symmetrical, isopolar, oblate-spheroidal or prolate-spheroidal or sub-prolate, tricolporate and psilate, except Pedicularis oederi which has bisyncolpate pollen. Pollen characters such as size, shape, colpi and exine thickness, and P/E ratio are found considerably important for systematic utilization. Pollen fertility estimation ranged from 70 to 98%, which shows that pollen flora of selected species is well established.

Original language	English (US)
Pages (from-to)	6423-6428
Number of pages	6
Journal	Journal of Medicinal Plant Research
Volume	5
Issue number	28
DOIs	https://doi.org/10.5897/JMPR11.723
Publication status	Published - 30 Nov 2011
Externally published	Yes

Keywords

Palynology
Polar/equitorial ratio (P/E)
Pollen fertility
Scrophulariaceae

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