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Abstract
Transmission and scanning electron microscopy of exine development in Bougainvillea spectabilis (Nyctaginaceae) confirmed that the exine pattern is initiated by invagination of the microspore plasma membrane at the early tetrad stage. Invaginated plasma membranes take the form of a reticulate pattern that corresponds to the mature exine tectum. Protectum is the first exine layer to be deposited on the reticulate-patterned plasma membrane. Subsequently, probacules elongate basally on protruding sites of the plasma membrane under the protectum and in the lumina. These sites retreat as the probacules elongate. After the dissolution of the callose wall, a foot layer forms through the accumulation of lamellated structures. Clearly, the plasma membrane serves a determinative role in the initial pattern formation of exine.
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