Research Article
Pollen Morphology of some Onobrychys Mill. (Fabaceae) Taxa
2023
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48-52
31.08.2023
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Eylem TAŞLIYURT
Metin TUNA
Nevin ŞAFAK ODABAŞI
In this study, the pollen morphology of 13 taxa of the genus Onobrychis Mill. (Onobrychis arenaria (Kit.)
DC. subsp. arenaria, O. inermis Steven, O. petraea (M.Bieb.ex Willd.) Fisch., O. alba (Waldst. & Kit.)
Desv. subsp. laconica (Boiss.) Hayek, O. megataphros Boiss., O. oxyodonta Boiss., O. cyri Grossh., O.
biebersteinii Širj., O. vassilczenkoi Grossh., O. grandis Lipsky, O. hypargyrea Boiss., O. kemulariae Chinth.
and O. caput-galli (L.) Lam.) grown in the experimental field was examined by light microscopy (LM).
Slides were prepared according to the glycerin-jelly method of Wodehouse. Pollen grains were
trizonocolpate, radially symmetrical, and isopolar in all taxa. The pollen shape was prolate. The amb was
almost circular. All the pollen grains were medium in size, with the largest belonging to O. cyri (P × E =
36.55 × 21.60) and the smallest belonging to O. vassilczenkoi (P × E = 28.67 × 18.48). The colpus was in
the form of a long, narrow slit. Exine ornamentation was reticulate. Based on quantitative data, the species
were categorized and separated using principle component analysis (PCA).
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