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Subfamilies Podostemoideae and Tristichoideae of the aquatic flowering plant family Podostemaceae are conventionally characterized by a different mode of microsporogenesis. Simultaneous meiotic division into the four microspores is found in Tristichoideae, successive meiotic division is said to be typical of Podostemoideae. In contrast, the results of the present study reveal that in subfamily Podostemoideae both modes of microsporogenesis occur. This is exemplified by the early pollen development of two neotropical species: Apinagia latifolia and Marathrum rubrum. Successive versus simultaneous meiotic cytokinesis are thus not differential characters of the two subfamilies. It is worthy to note that successive cytokinesis occurs in a family (Podostemaceae) of the Eudicots which are characterized by simultaneous cytokinesis. The occurrence of Ubisch bodies (orbicules) in several species of Apinagia and Marathrum parallels the echinate ornamentation of the pollen grains.
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Jäger-Zürn, I., Novelo R., A. & Philbrick, C.T. Microspore development in Podostemaceae-Podostemoideae, with implications on the characterization of the subfamilies. Plant Syst. Evol. 256, 209–216 (2005). https://doi.org/10.1007/s00606-005-0362-0
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