DOI: https://doi.org/10.5513/JCEA01/13.2.1061
Original scientific paper
POLLEN MORPHOLOGY OF CROCUS L.(IRIDACEAE) IN BULGARIA
2012, 13 (2) p. 361-368
UZUNDZHALIEVA KATYA SPASOVA, Maria POPOVA TODOROVA
Abstract
The pollen of the wild species from the genus Crocus L., spread in Bulgaria has been analyzed. The investigations, made by light microscope show that the pollen of these species is spherical in shape and round in outlines, comparatively big. These morphological characteristics of the pollen of the wild Bulgarian Crocuses define it as a primitive one [6]. The Scanning Electron Microscope investigations, made by Beug [1], established two types of pollen morphology. The results of our investigation led to the conclusion that the same types are also presented in Bulgarian species: – C.biflorus –type, or syncolpate and C.vernus – type, or inaperturate. Eight of the species belong to the first type and only C. pallasii belongs to the second. The pollen of C. reticulatus is with quite unclear aperture – maybe transition to the inaperturate type.
Keywords
pollen morphology, crocus, bulgaria
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