Pollen evolution and systematics inAnnonaceae with special reference to the disulcate Australian endemic genera |
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Authors: | Maria Waha Wilfried Morawetz |
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Institution: | (1) Institut für Botanik und Botanischer Garten, Universität Wien, Rennweg 14, A-1030 Wien, Austria |
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Abstract: | All genera ofAnnonaceae endemic in Australia (Ancana, Fitzalania, Haplostichanthus) show almost exactly the same type of disulcate (disulculate) pollen with intact exine extending over the sulci. Tetrad stages inHaplostichanthus andAncana reveal a latudinal subequatiorial orientation of the two sulci at the proximal hemisphere. Sometimes they fuse into a ±zonosulcate aperture.Fissistigma pollen grains are ±globose and have a flattened pole with a central elevation and a concentric groove, covered by a somewhat reduced exine. This palynological characters give further support for separating the generaAncana andFissistigma. Germination was observed inHaplostichanthus where the pollen tube emerges at one of the two sulci and inFissistigma where the flattened part breaks up during germination. The aperture types described here are obviously transitional stages between aperturate and inaperturate pollen grains and are discussed in regard to pollen evolution. |
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Keywords: | Angiosperms Annonaceae Ancana Fitzalania Haplostichanthus Fissistigma Disulcate pollen exine ultrastructure pollen evolution in primitive Angiosperms |
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