COMPARATIVE POLLEN MORPHOLOGY OF TWO MAHONIA TAXA GROWING ON MEŞELİK CAMPUS IN ESKİŞEHİR

Abstract

In this study, pollen morphology of two Mahonia taxa grown in Eskişehir Meşelik campus was investigated comparatively. Mahonia pollen grains are triocolpatae type and spheroidal shaped. As a result of microscopic examinations, the distinctions between taxa were revealed statistically. While the structure is tectatae in both taxa, the skulp is granulate in M. aquifolium; M. japonica shows reticulate ornamentation.