Research Article
Pollen Morphology of some Onobrychys Mill. (Fabaceae) Taxa
2023
2
2
48-52
31.08.2023
2822-4566
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).
Light microscopy, Onobrychis, Pollen, Sainfoin
Nevin ŞAFAK ODABAŞInsafak@gmail.com
09.07.2023
17.08.2023
31.08.2023
Eylem TAŞLIYURT, Metin TUNA, >Nevin ŞAFAK ODABAŞI JBST.August 2023.48-52 http://doi.org/10.55848/jbst.2023.31
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