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Pollen morphology in Asiatic species ofTrillium

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Pollen grains of five species and two interspecific hybrids ofTrillium from eastern Asia have been examined with scanning electron and transmission electron microscopy. All species from eastern Asia, excludingT. govanianum, are characterized by inaperturate pollen and an unstratified and granulated exine structure. Pollen of the Himalayan species,T. govanianum, is, however, monocolpate and intectate. The palynological evidence suggests that the Asiatic species, excludingT. govanianum, are closely related to each other and toT. erectum in North America, andT. govanianum is independent of the other species in the genus.

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    Masamichi Takahashi

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Takahashi, M. Pollen morphology in Asiatic species ofTrillium . Bot. Mag. Tokyo 96, 377–384 (1983). https://doi.org/10.1007/BF02488182

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