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POLLEN FLORA OF
PAKISTAN -LXIX. POACEAE
ANJUM PERVEEN AND
MUHAMMAD QAISER*
Abstract:
Pollen
morphology of 54 species belonging to 30 genera of the family Poaceae
from Pakistan has been investigated using light and scanning electron
microscope. It is a stenopalynous family. Pollen grains are mostly
spheroidal, monoporate, rarely diporate, ± circular, pore small,
operculate, non-operculate, annulate or non-annulate, tectum areolate to
scabrate. On the basis of exine ornamentations 5 distinct pollen types
are recognized. Palynology does not correspond with tribal and generic
classification. However, palynology is significantly helpful at the
specific level.
Department of
Botany, University of Karachi, Karachi, Pakistan; *University of
Karachi, Karachi –Pakistan;
Corresponding
author’s e-mail: anjum_tahir@hotmail
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