Palynological study for nine cultivated species of Asteraceae family

  • Athia Nahi AL-Mashhadani University of Baghdad, College of Education (Ibn AL-Haitham).
  • Israa Kreem Nasrullah University of Baghdad, College of Education (Ibn AL-Haitham).
  • Aseel Fouad AL-Hussaini University of Baghdad, College of Education (Ibn AL-Haitham).
  • Hind Ebraheem Ahmed University of Baghdad, College of Education (Ibn AL-Haitham).
Keywords: palynology, Asteraceae, pollen grains, Compositae.

Abstract

The current research included palynological study for nine ornamental cultivated species of Asteraceae family. The study included measurement the dimensions of pollen grains and there shape in polar view and equatorial view, sculpturing, colpi length and width, spines length and number of spines rows between colpi and exine thickness, the study showed variations in pollen grains characters for the studied taxa.

Published
2014-06-30
How to Cite
[1]
Athia Nahi AL-Mashhadani, Israa Kreem Nasrullah, Aseel Fouad AL-Hussaini, and Hind Ebraheem Ahmed, “Palynological study for nine cultivated species of Asteraceae family ”, JMAUC, vol. 6, no. 1, pp. 19-29, Jun. 2014.
Issue
Vol 6 No 1 (2014)
Section
Articles