Pollen morphology of family Solanaceae and its taxonomic significance

Abstract

The pollen micro-morphology of family Solanaceae from the different phytogeographical region of Pakistan has been assessed. In this study, thirteen species belonging to ten genera of Solanaceae have been studied using light and scanning electron microscopy for both qualitative and quantitative features. Solanaceae is a eurypalynous family and a significant variation was observed in pollen size, shape, polarity and exine sculpturing. Examined plant species includes, Brugmansia

Comparative evaluation of the toxicological effect of silver salt (AgNO3) and silver nanoparticles on Cyprinus carpio synthesized by chemicals and marine algae using scanning electron microscopy

“…The chemically synthesized nanoparticles were cubic and spherical (Figure 2b). The SEM studies has revolutionized the bioscience and its various field to explore the ultra‐structure of nano‐particles (Saqib et al, 2020) and other plant materials as well (Ali et al, 2020; Amina et al, 2020; Ashfaq et al, 2020; Bahadur et al, 2018; Gul et al, 2019, 2020).…”

Pollen micromorphology of eastern Chinese Polygonatum and its role in taxonomy by using scanning electron microscopy

“…Hence, the recent research, micromorphology of pollen, such as pollen shape, and the exine sculptures were studied which show variations between these species. The SEM study helps to correctly identify and distinguish the closely related species of Polygonatum based on the micromorphology of pollen as well as other groups of plants (Amina et al, 2020; Ashfaq et al, 2020) .…”

Pollen morphology and its taxonomic potential in some selected taxa of Caesalpiniaceae observed under light microscopy and scanning electron microscopy

“…and Cassia L. belonging to subfamily Caesalpiniaceae are symmetrical, trizonocolporate, isopolar, and the shape varies from oblate spheroidal to prolate (Mishra & Srivastava, 2015). Moreover, the advanced techniques of LM and SEM can not only play a key role in this field to observe the ultrastructure of plant material (Ali et al, 2021;Ashfaq et al, 2020;Bahadur et al, 2020;Butt et al, 2021;Gul et al, 2019Gul et al, , 2021 but also in other filed of biological sciences (Hameed et al, 2021;Javed et al, 2021;Nabila et al, 2021;Rasool et al, 2021;Rubab et al, 2020Rubab et al, , 2021. and Lakki Marwat (Figures 1 and 2; Table 1). F I G U R E 2 Flower pictures of studied species of Caesalpiniaceae (a) Bauhinia variegata, (b) Caesalpinia pulcherrima, (c) Delonix regia (d) Parkinsonia aculeata, (e) Saraca indica, (f) Senna corymbosa, (g) Senna obtusifolia, (h) Senna occedantalis, (i) Senna surattensis, and (j) Cassia fistula LM of pollen was carried out in the anatomy lab.…”

“…and Cassia L. belonging to subfamily Caesalpiniaceae are symmetrical, trizonocolporate, isopolar, and the shape varies from oblate spheroidal to prolate (Mishra & Srivastava, 2015). Moreover, the advanced techniques of LM and SEM can not only play a key role in this field to observe the ultrastructure of plant material (Ali et al, 2021; Ashfaq et al, 2020; Bahadur et al, 2020; Butt et al, 2021; Gul et al, 2019, 2021) but also in other filed of biological sciences (Hameed et al, 2021; Javed et al, 2021; Nabila et al, 2021; Rasool et al, 2021; Rubab et al, 2020, 2021).…”