| Institution: | (1) Department of Biological Sciences, Sungkyunkwan University, 440-746 Suwon, Korea;(2) Natural Products Research Institute, Seoul National University, 110-460 Seoul, Korea;(3) Department of Science Education, Ewha Womans University, 120-750 Seoul, Korea;(4) Department of Life Sciences, Ewha Womans University, 120-750 Seoul, Korea |
| Abstract: | The pollen morphology of KoreanAdonis was examined to clarify its specific recognition. Pollen grains were divided into two major types, according to the size
and number of their echinae; those with many small echinae were further subdivided into two subtypes: 2 to 3 aligned foveolae
vs. unaligned foveolae. The three types of pollen morphology determined here agree well with recent taxonomic treatments of
KoreanAdonis. Those analyses, based on morphological and molecular properties, previously recognizedAdonis amurensis, Adonis multiflora, andAdonis pseudoa-murensis. |
