Chinese Bulletin of Botany ›› 2002, Vol. 19 ›› Issue (04): 484-487.

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Morphological Observation of the Pollen Grains of Hydrilla verticillata

SHEN Xian-Sheng ZHANG Wen-Rui YANG Jie-Pin   

  1. (School of Life Sciences, University of Science and Technology of China,Hefei 230027)
  • Received:2001-07-09 Revised:2001-12-03 Online:2002-07-20 Published:2002-07-20

Abstract: In order to study the biological feature of a submerged plant, we observed the form and structure of the pollen grain of Hydrilla verticillata of Hydrocharitaceae by optical microscopy and SEM. The wall of the pollen grain is very thin , and splits easily after drying. The pollen grain lacks aperture, and contains many starch grains. The intact pollen grains can not be preserved in natural conditions.