Abstract
The pollen morphology and ultrastructure of 20 species of Camellia (Theaceae) representing the four subgenera were examined. The pollen is tricolporate, spherical to slightly oblate or prolate, with scabrate to rugulate exine sculpturing. The tectum is traversed by perforations that vary in diameter. Pollen wall structure is tectate-columellate, the columellae fused to a footlayer. Endexine is present in all of the taxa examined. The greatest variation was observed in pollen size.
| Original language | English (US) |
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| Pages (from-to) | 233-242 |
| Number of pages | 10 |
| Journal | Grana |
| Volume | 32 |
| Issue number | 4-5 |
| DOIs | |
| State | Published - 1993 |
| Externally published | Yes |
Bibliographical note
Funding Information:The authors wish to thank Ming Ticnlu for providing the pollen material, and Tom Pesacreta and Julie Lemoine for providing technical assistance to Z. \Vci. \Ve also wish to thank John Ac-cashian and Michael Urban of Sikorsky Aircraft, Stratford, Connecticut for there helpful comments and suggestions. This project was supported by The National Natural Sciences Foundation of China and by a grant from the University of Southwestern Louisiana.