Abstract

SANCHEZ-DZIB, Yajaira de los Angeles; SOSA-NAJERA, Susana  and  LOZANO-GARCIA, María del Socorro. Pollen morphology of species from the tropical forest of the Candelaria River Basin, Campeche. Bol. Soc. Bot. Méx [online]. 2009, n.84, pp.83-104. ISSN 0366-2128.

Detailed pollen morphology of 81 species belonging to the semi-evergreen tropical forest of the Candelaria River Basin, Campeche is presented. Pollen morphology of some endemic species from the Yucatan peninsula semi-evergree tropical forest are presented: Diospyros cuneata, Croton icche, Acacia gaumeri, Bauhinia erithrocalyx, Calliandra houstoniana, Lonchocarpus longistylus, Trichilia minutiflora, Coccoloba reflexiflora, Neomillispaughia emarginata, Randia longiloba, Talisia floresii, Thinouia paucidentata and Pouteria amygdalina. Exine ornamentation, structure, apertures, form and size of the pollen grains are included in the description. Details of ornamentation and apertures are illustrated.

Keywords : Pollen morphology; tropical vegetation; Yucatan Peninsula.

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