Abstract

Abstract A total of 36 species, varieties and hybrids from nine genera of Scandinavian Caryophyllaceae with pantoporate pollen grains have been investigated. Habrosia spinuliflora, a non-Scandinavian plant with pantoporate pollen grains, has also been investigated. Diagnoses (p. 71–80) and photomicrographs (including some photopalynograms) are provided. Measurements, etc., are given in tabular form (Tab. 1, p. 68). The smallest grains were found in Gypsophila muralis (24 μ) and Habrosia spinuliflora (27 μ), the largest in Agrostemma githago (63 μ) and Stellaria palustris (60 μ). The number of apertures ranges from 31–37(–45) in Agrostemma githago, Lychnis flos-cuculi and Melandrium album to 12 in Scleranthus perennis, Gypsophila fastigiata, Dianthus deltoides and several species of Stellaria etc. Thin sections of pollen grains in four species have been described (p. 81). Two main types of arrangement of bacula have been encountered. One type has through bacula, connecting nexine and tegillum (e.g. in Sile...

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