tailieunhanh - Pollen morphology of Scaligeria DC. (Apiaceae) in Turkey

In this study, the pollen morphology of all Scaligeria DC. species distributed in Turkey were studied with light and scanning electron microscopy for the first time. The aim is to contribute to knowledge of the variation among seven Scaligeria species, which have taxonomic problems, based on pollen morphological characteristics by population analysis. | Turkish Journal of Botany Turk J Bot (2018) 42: 462-477 © TÜBİTAK doi: Research Article Pollen morphology of Scaligeria DC. (Apiaceae) in Turkey 1 2 3, 4 3 Ayşe BALDEMİR , Şenol ALAN , Aydan Acar ŞAHİN * , Mehmet Yavuz PAKSOY , N. Münevver PINAR 1 Department of Pharmaceutical Botany, Faculty of Pharmacy, Erciyes University, Kayseri, Turkey 2 Department of Biology, Faculty of Science and Art, Bülent Ecevit University, Zonguldak, Turkey 3 Department of Biology, Faculty of Sciences, Ankara University, Ankara, Turkey 4 Department of Environmental Engineering, Faculty of Engineering, Tunceli University, Tunceli, Turkey Received: Accepted/Published Online: Final Version: Abstract: In this study, the pollen morphology of all Scaligeria DC. species distributed in Turkey were studied with light and scanning electron microscopy for the first time. The aim is to contribute to knowledge of the variation among seven Scaligeria species, which have taxonomic problems, based on pollen morphological characteristics by population analysis. The pollen is radially symmetrical, isopolar, and tricolporate in all examined species. Pollen grains are prolate and subprolate with the polar axes ranging from to 37 µm and the equatorial axes from to 30 µm. Their polar shapes are triangular, triangular to subcircular, circular to subcircular, or triangular to subtriangular. Several types of exine ornamentations have been observed on pollen by scanning electron microscopy. Numerical analysis showed that pore structure, the ratio of P/E, and ornamentation in the polar and equatorial views are most valuable variables for separating the Scaligeria species. All S. lazica taxa were grouped together and S. capillifolia and S. tripartita were the external taxa due to cluster and PCA analysis. Key words: Cluster analysis, pollen morphology, principle component analysis, Scaligeria, .