Pollen morphology of the Euphorbiaceae with special reference to taxonomy
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...According to Faegri and Iversen they are called: baculae. clavae, echinae, gemmae, scabrae■ and verrucae (PI. I, F2 t/m 7) (for descriptions see glossary). Psilate pollen grains have no structure elements on the tectum (PI. I, FI). Structure elements on the top of the tectum may also be arranged in different structure types (reticulum, striae). If a tectum is present, corresponding structure types of the columellae are called intra-reticulum, intra-striae. Sometimes columellae can give an impression of a reticulum. This is, however, a “pseudo-reticulum” in which each columella represents a “ lumen ” and the space between the columellae, the “ muri”. A real reticulum is always formed by several structure elements. In the present study no difference is made between structure and sculpture. According to Potonié (1934), all elements outside the tectum form the sculpture of a pollen grain....
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...According to the nomenclature of Faegri and Iversen the pollen grains of Neoscortechinia are scabrate. The author would like to call the small spines microechinate according to Erdtman (1952). Echinate pollen grains are rarely found in the subfamily of the Crotonoideae, only in the Croton configuration....
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...According to Faegri and Iversen they are called: baculae. clavae, echinae, gemmae, scabrae■ and verrucae (PI. I, F2 t/m 7) (for descriptions see glossary). Psilate pollen grains have no structure elements on the tectum (PI. I, FI). Structure elements on the top of the tectum may also be arranged in different structure types (reticulum, striae). If a tectum is present, corresponding structure types of the columellae are called intra-reticulum, intra-striae. Sometimes columellae can give an impression of a reticulum. This is, however, a “pseudo-reticulum” in which each columella represents a “ lumen ” and the space between the columellae, the “ muri”. A real reticulum is always formed by several structure elements. In the present study no difference is made between structure and sculpture. According to Potonié (1934), all elements outside the tectum form the sculpture of a pollen grain. Potonié tried to give sharp definitions of these terms, but admitted at the same time, that structure and sculpture pass into each other. Faegri and Iversen (1950) also stated, that structure and sculpture are easy to confuse....
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...Faegri and Iversen (1950) confuse this aperture with a real porus when the coipus transversalis has the shape of a circle....
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...Faegri and Iversen (1950) confuse this aperture with a real porus when the coipus transversalis has the shape of a circle. Consequently, when using their key for the determination of European pollen types, it is sometimes difficult to decide if a “porus longitudinal elongated” or a “transversal furrow” is present. Erdtman calls coipi + coipi transversales “composite apertures”. For the term coipus transversalis he introduced the new term os (pi. ora). If this term is used in that sense the name will have to be rejected as being a synonym. It may, however, be maintained for that part of the coipus transversalis that crosses the colpus (PI. I, D3). Coipi transversales stand perpendicular on the colpi. Usually they are boat-shaped. Sometimes they fuse together into one single aperture along the equator of the pollen grain (colpus transversalis equatorialis), but it is also possible that the colpus transversalis becomes isodiametric (colpus transversalis circularis PI. I, D2). The medial dimension of the colpus transversalis is rarely larger than the equatorial one (Pleiostemon type, p. 30). Edges of colpi transversales can also have thickenings; according to the shape of the colpus transversalis they are called: costae circulares, costae transversales and costae equatoriales (PL I, D4, 5, 6). To express the proportions of the colpus transversalis in exact figures, the quotient m : e is added to the description of this character. In this formula m is the meridional axis and e the equatorial axis of the colpus transversalis (PI. I, Dl). Iversen and Troels-Smith (1950) introduced the term Polar Area Index (P....
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