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Several insect- and wind-pollinated species of the genusAcer have been investigated and compared in regard to pollen stickiness. The considerable amount of very inhomogeneous pollenkitt inA. negundo remains on the loculus wall or is deposited inside the exine cavities; thus the pollen is powdery. The small amount of non-homogeneous, granular pollenkitt inA. campestre mostly disappears into the exine cavities; only small droplets appear on the tectum surface; the pollen stickiness therefore is only moderate. On the other hand,A. pseudoplatanus andA. opalus produce an average amount of granular pollenkitt, which is deposited partially inside the exine and partially as a slender film on the tectum surface; in both the pollen is sticky.A. platanoides contains a great deal of granular and homogeneous pollenkitt; it does not only fill up the exine cavities but also extends as a thick, ± homogeneous, non-granular layer of pollenkitt over the tectum surface; therefore, the pollen is very sticky.—The characteristics of pollen agglutination together with other aspects of floral biology illustrate the wide spectrum between unequivocal entomophily and anemophily within the genusAcer: WhileA. negundo is anemophilous andA. platanoides is entomophilous, the remaining species investigated have a pollination syndrome with entomophilous and anemophilous features and are thus amphiphilous. The evolution withinAcer is tending not only towards dioecy, but also towards anemophily.
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Hesse, M. Ultrastruktur und Verteilung des Pollenkitts in der insekten- und windblütigen GattungAcer (Aceraceae). Pl Syst Evol 131, 277–289 (1979). https://doi.org/10.1007/BF00984259
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