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Acta Botanica Gallica
Botany Letters
Volume 141, 1994 - Issue 2
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Tendances évolutives de la structure exinique dans les genres Ulex, Stauracanthus et Genista (Genisteae, Papilionoideae: Leguminosae)

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Pages 195-205 | Published online: 27 Apr 2013
 

Summary

The pollen morphology in the Genisteae is very homogeneous despite the great range of variability displayed by this tribe in macromorphology, chromosome numbers and ploidy levels. However, the wall structure of pollen grains of Ulex, Stauracanthus and Genista shows important differences which allow recognition of four types of exine structure. These types closely correlate with the ploidy levels. Type I, found in most of the diploids, is characterized by a compact structure of the pollen wall, and an infratectum ill- developed and mainly composed of granules. Type II, characterized by an infratectum composed of both granules and columellae. This structure is commonly found in pollen grains of tetraploids. Type III, showing an infratectum composed of well developed columellae which are often formed of pillared granules. Pollen grains of diploids, tetraploids and hexaploids show this type of exine structure. In type IV, all the pollen wall layers are formed of densely packed granules which often form columellae. This unusual structure has been only observed in octoploids.

Résumé

La tribu des Genisteae présente une morphologie pollinique très homogène qui contraste avec une très grande variabilité de la macro-morphologie et des nombres chromosomiques, qui correspondent à différents niveaux de ploïdie. Cependant, dans la paroi pollinique, quatre types structuraux (trois chez Ulex et Stauracanthus et quatre chez Genista) sont reconnus et corrélés avec le niveau de ploïdie: le type I, avec une structure exinique compacte et un infratectum peu développé, inclut presque tous les taxons diploïdes; le type II à infratectum composé à la fois de grains et de columelles chez les taxons et populations tétraploïdes; le type III à infratectum colu- mellaire constitué parfois par empilement de grains, présent dans les taxons et populations diploïdes, tétraploïdes et hexaploïdes; et le type IV dont toutes les couches exiniques sont constituées de grains, observé seulement chez les taxons octoploïdes.

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