THE POLLEN MORPHOLOGY OF CITRUS <i>LZMON</i> CV. "VERNA" FROM THE MURCIA REGION, S.E. SPAIN

Authors

  • F. del Baño Breis
  • Consuelo Pérez Sánchez
  • C. Egea Gilabert
  • María Emilia Candela Castillo
Keywords: pollen grain, <i>Citrus limon, Rutaceae</i>

Abstract

One hundred and sixty pollen grains from a sarnple taken from Citrus limon cv. "Vema" have been examined using both light and scanning electron microscopy. The grains are subprolate-prolato, medium-large. isopolar and radiosymmetric. The exine is semi-tectate. foveolate tending to reticulate. In meridional view the grains are ellipsoidal. while in polar view they are angul-aperturate, either rarely. tetracolporate, pentacolporate or, hexacolporate. A lack of correlation is noted, between the larger grains and the grains with the longer colpi. The possibility is discussed that this could be a valuable character in distinguishing between different species of Citrus and also between the cultivan of C. limon.

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Author Biographies

F. del Baño Breis

University of Murcia

Consuelo Pérez Sánchez

University of Murcia

C. Egea Gilabert

University of Murcia

María Emilia Candela Castillo

University of Murcia
How to Cite
Baño Breis, F. del, Pérez Sánchez, C., Egea Gilabert, C., & Candela Castillo, M. E. (1993). THE POLLEN MORPHOLOGY OF CITRUS <i>LZMON</i> CV. "VERNA" FROM THE MURCIA REGION, S.E. SPAIN. Anales de Biología, (19), 63–69. Retrieved from https://revistas.um.es/analesbio/article/view/32341
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Biología vegetal

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