| Pak. J. Bot., 35(1): 7-12, 2003. | Back to Contents | ||||
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STUDIES ON THE POLLEN MORPHOLOGY OF THE GENUS ALYSSUM (BRASSICACEAE) FROM PAKISTAN R. KHAN Abstract: Pollen morphology of 7 species of the genus Alyssum belonging to the family Brassicaceae have been examined by light microscope. Pollen grains are usually isopolar; tricolpate with reticulate tectum. It is a stenopalynous genus. However, the species of this genus show little variation in shape, size colpi length and exine pattern. Hence the palynological characters are significant at specific level. Department of Botany, Federal Government Urdu Science College, Karachi, Pakistan. |
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