Pollen Grain Morphology of Three Species and a Variety of Ocimum Linn.. (Lamiaceae) in Southwestern Nigeria

Pollen grains from fresh anthers of three species and a variety of Ocimum occurring in South Western Nigeria were collected and acetolysed. This was in an attempt to use the pollen characteristics to delimit, classify and trace probable evolutionary relationships among the taxa. The structural morp...

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Adedeji, O.
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description Pollen grains from fresh anthers of three species and a variety of Ocimum occurring in South Western Nigeria were collected and acetolysed. This was in an attempt to use the pollen characteristics to delimit, classify and trace probable evolutionary relationships among the taxa. The structural morphology of the pollen grains carried out with a light microscope is reported. Character measured on the pollen grains were pollen diameter, pollen wall thickness, depth of colpi, distance between colpi pore diameter. This was done with the aid of an ocular micrometer. Number of pores per pollen was counted. Pollen grain sizes of the species and the variety of Ocimum studied fall into two groups, Media (diameter 25 – 50 υm) and Magna (diameter 50 – 100 υm). All the species and the variety had acolpate and hexacolpate pollen grains. Heptacolpate and octacolpate pollen grains which are advanced types of pollen grains were encountered in O. canum only. These advanced types of pollen grains are a mark of recent evolutionary development in the species.
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spelling oai:ir.oauife.edu.ng:123456789-33562023-05-13T11:09:59Z Pollen Grain Morphology of Three Species and a Variety of Ocimum Linn.. (Lamiaceae) in Southwestern Nigeria Arogundade, O. O. Adedeji, O. Ocimum Pollen grains Morphology Acetolysis O. basillicum var. purpurascens Pollen grains from fresh anthers of three species and a variety of Ocimum occurring in South Western Nigeria were collected and acetolysed. This was in an attempt to use the pollen characteristics to delimit, classify and trace probable evolutionary relationships among the taxa. The structural morphology of the pollen grains carried out with a light microscope is reported. Character measured on the pollen grains were pollen diameter, pollen wall thickness, depth of colpi, distance between colpi pore diameter. This was done with the aid of an ocular micrometer. Number of pores per pollen was counted. Pollen grain sizes of the species and the variety of Ocimum studied fall into two groups, Media (diameter 25 – 50 υm) and Magna (diameter 50 – 100 υm). All the species and the variety had acolpate and hexacolpate pollen grains. Heptacolpate and octacolpate pollen grains which are advanced types of pollen grains were encountered in O. canum only. These advanced types of pollen grains are a mark of recent evolutionary development in the species. 2014-03-18T08:14:46Z 2018-10-29T11:01:05Z 2014-03-18T08:14:46Z 2018-10-29T11:01:05Z 2009 Article Arogundade, O. O. and Adedeji, O. (2009). Pollen Grain Morphology of Three Species and a Variety of Ocimum Linn.. (Lamiaceae) in Southwestern Nigeria. Journal of Science and Technology, 29 (3). http://localhost:8080/xmlui/handle/123456789/3356 en PDF application/pdf Nigeria Kwame Nkrumah University of Science and Technology (KNUST)
spellingShingle Ocimum
Pollen grains
Morphology
Acetolysis
O. basillicum var. purpurascens
Arogundade, O. O.
Adedeji, O.
Pollen Grain Morphology of Three Species and a Variety of Ocimum Linn.. (Lamiaceae) in Southwestern Nigeria
title Pollen Grain Morphology of Three Species and a Variety of Ocimum Linn.. (Lamiaceae) in Southwestern Nigeria
title_full Pollen Grain Morphology of Three Species and a Variety of Ocimum Linn.. (Lamiaceae) in Southwestern Nigeria
title_fullStr Pollen Grain Morphology of Three Species and a Variety of Ocimum Linn.. (Lamiaceae) in Southwestern Nigeria
title_full_unstemmed Pollen Grain Morphology of Three Species and a Variety of Ocimum Linn.. (Lamiaceae) in Southwestern Nigeria
title_short Pollen Grain Morphology of Three Species and a Variety of Ocimum Linn.. (Lamiaceae) in Southwestern Nigeria
title_sort pollen grain morphology of three species and a variety of ocimum linn lamiaceae in southwestern nigeria
topic Ocimum
Pollen grains
Morphology
Acetolysis
O. basillicum var. purpurascens
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