TY - JOUR
AU1 - Panahi, Parisa
AU2 - Pourmajidian, Mohammad R.
AU3 - Fallah, Asghar
AU4 - Pourhashemi, Mehdi
AU5 - 
AB - For the first time, pollen morphology of 9 (4 spp. and 5 subspp.) taxa representing lobed leaved oaks of Iran in the family of Fagaceae has been examined and illustrated using light microscopy and scanning electron microscopy of acetolysed mate- rial. Detailed pollen morphological characteristics are given for Quercus section. The pollen grains are single, isopolar, radially symmetrical, tricolpate, tricolporoidate or tricolporate. Pollens were studied to show all possible characteristics like shape, size, apertures, wall thickness, etc., with special reference to the specific features of each pollen type such as structural, sculptural and suprasculptural patterns. There is considerable variation in pollen morphology between taxa so that, three types of pollen shape, v fi e types of structural pattern, two types of sculptural pattern, five types of suprasculptural pattern and three types of perfora distribution are defined. Furthermore, the relationship between pollen morphology and taxonomy is discussed. Overall, pollen characters are shown to be a useful and informative tool for assessing taxonomic position within Quercus section in Iran. Keywords: Quercus, pollen morphology, taxonomy, SEM, LM, Iran Introduction Zagros Forests with an area of more than 5 million ha account for almost 40 percent of Iran’s forests. These forests cover a 
TI - Pollen morphology of Quercus (subgenus Quercus, section Quercus) in Iran and its systematic implication
JF - Acta Societatis Botanicorum Poloniae
DO - 10.5586/asbp.2012.005
DA - 2012-01-01
UR - https://www.deepdyve.com/lp/unpaywall/pollen-morphology-of-quercus-subgenus-quercus-section-quercus-in-iran-U2adi00FSD
DP - DeepDyve
ER -