Abstract
Abstract Meiotic and pollen viability studies were conducted in Passiflora edmundoi Sacco (n = x = 9). For meiotic studies anthers were squashed in a drop of 1% acetic carmine. For analysis of pollen viability, pollen grains of flowers at anthesis were stained with two stains, lugol and Alexander stain. At diakinesis frequency of bivalents was high (86% of pollen mother cell observed) and it was observed other pairing patterns (7 II + 1 IV; 5 II + 2 IV; and 18 I). The average number of chiasmata per cell was 9.3, in concordance with high frequency of bivalents. Meiotic phases showed the presence of spindle irregularities, asynchrony, and other abnormalities as laggard chromosomes and anaphase bridges. Different post‐meiotic products were observed and the frequency of triads was higher than monads, dyads, and polyads; however the meiotic index was 97.2% and the pollen viability was 97.9% suggesting meiotic stability. Sterile pollen was sorted in two categories: empty (60.3%) and shrunken (contracted cytopl...
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