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Pollen and Seed Morphology of Some Endemic Taxa in Saint Catherine, Sinai, Egypt

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Last updated: 03 Jan 2025

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10. Flora and ecology
5. Palynology

Abstract

Macro- and micro-morphological features of seeds and pollen grains of 12 endemic taxa belonging to seven families collected from Saint Catherine area, South Sinai, Egypt were examined by light microscope (LM) and scanning electron microscope (SEM). Macro- and micro-morphological characters, of seeds including shape, colour, size, brightness, seed surface, epidermal cell shape, anticlinal boundaries, and periclinal cell wall are presented. Pollen description includes shape, size, apertures and exine ornamentation. This study presents. Seeds of eight taxa and pollen of three taxa have been described for the first time in this study.

DOI

10.21608/taec.2018.11916

Keywords

Endemics, Pollen, seed morphology, Sinai, Saint Catherine

Authors

First Name

Abbas

Last Name

El-Ghamery

MiddleName

A.

Affiliation

Botany and Microbiology Dept., Faculty of Science, Al-Azhar University

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First Name

Hasnaa

Last Name

Hosni

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Affiliation

1Botany Dept., Herbarium, Faculty of Science, Cairo University

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First Name

Ahmed

Last Name

Sadek

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Affiliation

Botany and Microbiology Dept., Faculty of Science, Al-Azhar University

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asbotanist@azhar.edu.eg

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Volume

38

Article Issue

1

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2181

Issue Date

2018-12-01

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2018-03-12

Publish Date

2018-12-01

Page Start

40

Page End

60

Print ISSN

1110-7413

Online ISSN

2357-044X

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https://taec.journals.ekb.eg/article_11916.html

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636

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Publication Title

Taeckholmia

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https://taec.journals.ekb.eg/

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Pollen and Seed Morphology of Some Endemic Taxa in Saint Catherine, Sinai, Egypt

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Created At

22 Jan 2023