Taxonomic Significance of Anthers and Pollen grains of Some Species of Solanaceae from Egypt
Samir S. Teleb,Hussein A. Hussein, Rajaa M. El-Mabrouk.
Abstract
Thirteen species of the Solanaceae from Egypt were examined for their anther characteristics and the pollen morphology using LM and SEM. The investigated species representing nine genera viz. Atropa, Cestrum, Datura, Hyoscyamus, Nicotiana, Petunia, Physalis, Solanum, and Withania. The exsertion of anthers from the corolla tube, the mode of anther attachment with the filament and the ways of anthers dehiscence as well as the anthers colour and shape represent diagnostic variation among the species. The sculpturing patterns viewed on the anthers surface were potentially useful in identification of many of the species. The pollen grains were isopolar, tricolporate, suboblate, subprolate to prolate and with notable differences in the exine sculpturing. The computational analysis of 34 scored characterstates affirmed the usefulness of such characters in clarifying the taxonomic relationships among the examined species.
Key words: Anther, Pollen grains, Sculpturing patterns, Solanaceae, LM and SEM
scite shows how a scientific paper has been cited by providing the context of the citation, a classification describing whether it supports, mentions, or contrasts the cited claim, and a label indicating in which section the citation was made.
The articles in Bibliomed are open access articles licensed under Creative Commons Attribution 4.0 International License (CC BY), which permits use, sharing, adaptation, distribution and reproduction in any medium or format, as long as you give appropriate credit to the original author(s) and the source, provide a link to the Creative Commons licence, and indicate if changes were made. To view a copy of this licence, visit http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/.
We use cookies and other tracking technologies to work properly, to analyze our website traffic, and to understand where our visitors are coming from. More InfoGot It!
