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Identification of green energy ranunculaceous flora of district Chitral, Northern Pakistan using pollen features through scanning electron microscopy
Author(s) -
Ahmad Manzoor,
Zafar Muhammad,
Sultana Shazia,
Ahmad Mushtaq,
Abbas Qamar,
Ayoub Muhammad,
Bahadur Saraj,
Ullah Fazal
Publication year - 2018
Publication title -
microscopy research and technique
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 0.536
H-Index - 118
eISSN - 1097-0029
pISSN - 1059-910X
DOI - 10.1002/jemt.23066
Subject(s) - pollen , reticulate , botany , biology , oblate spheroid , identification (biology) , palynology , identification key , scanning electron microscope , taxonomy (biology) , physics , optics , atomic physics
Pollen micro‐morphological features have proven to be helpful for the plant taxonomists in the identification and classification of plants. The utilization of this plantmayhelpfulin the areas of lignocellulosic conversion to biofuels and diversify application toward biomass. The current study was planned with the aim to evaluate the pollen features of complex Ranunculaceous flora of District Chitral, Northern Pakistan using both scanning electron microscopy (SEM) and Light Microscope (LM) for their taxonomic importance. Pollens of 18 Ranunculaceous species belonging to 6 genera were collected from different localities of the research area. SEM and LM were used to examine both qualitative and quantitative micro‐morphological features. Sculptring of the sexine include; Scabrate, psilate, echinate, verrucate, perforate gemmate, and reticulate and so forth. Shape of the pollens was sub‐spheroidal, spheroidal, prolate, subprolate and oblate and so forth. Type of pollen was ranged from mono to tricolpate and tricolporate. Quantitative characters include length/width of the pollen, colpus, exine thickness, and P / E ratio. Based on these micro‐morphological features a taxonomic key was prepared for the fast and correct identification. Research highlight Study of the pollen micro‐morphological features of Ranunculaceous species by SEM and LM. Analysing both qualitative and quantitative characters of the pollens. Preparation of taxonomic key based on micro‐morphological features for the correct and fast identification.