Pollen morphology of some Turkish <i>Ajuga</i> L. (Lamiaceae) and its taxonomic value

Authors

  • Yavuz Bulent Kose Department of Pharmaceutical Botany, Faculty of Pharmacy, Anadolu University, 26470, Eskisehir
  • Ismahan Potoglu Erkara Department of Biology, Faculty of Science and Art, Eskisehir Osmangazi University, 26480, Meselik, Eskisehir
  • Sevim Alan Department of Pharmaceutical Botany, Faculty of Pharmacy, Anadolu University, 26470, Eskisehir

DOI:

https://doi.org/10.3329/bjb.v40i1.7994

Keywords:

Turkish Ajuga, Pollen morphology, Taxonomic value

Abstract

Pollen morphological structures of eight Turkish species of Ajuga, namely A. bombycina Boiss., A. chamaepitys (L.) Schreber ssp. chia var. chia (Schreber) Arcangeli, A. chamaepitys (L.) Schreber ssp. chia var. ciliata Briq., A. chamaepitys (L.) Schreber ssp. cuneatifolia (Stapf) P. H. Davis, A. genevensis L., A. laxmannii (L.) Benthum, A.orientalis L. and A. reptans L. have been studied under light and scanning electron microscopes for the first time. It is revealed that the pollen grains of Ajuga taxa are more or less suboblata-subprolata and tricolpatae. The exine sculpture is granulate in A. chamaepitys subsp. chia var. chia, A. chamaepitys subsp. cuneatifolia, A. genevensis, A. laxmannii, A. orientalis and A. reptans, but it is reticulate in A. bombycina and A. chamaepitys subsp. chia var. ciliata.

Key words: Turkish Ajuga; Pollen morphology; Taxonomic value

DOI: http://dx.doi.org/10.3329/bjb.v40i1.7994

Bangladesh J. Bot. 40(1): 29-33, 2011 (June)

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Kose, Y. B., Erkara, I. P., & Alan, S. (2011). Pollen morphology of some Turkish <i>Ajuga</i> L. (Lamiaceae) and its taxonomic value. Bangladesh Journal of Botany, 40(1), 29–33. https://doi.org/10.3329/bjb.v40i1.7994

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Vol. 40 No. 1 (2011)

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