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. 2005 Sep 12;96(6):1061–1073. doi: 10.1093/aob/mci257

Fig. 2.

Fig. 2.

SEM of pollen of Balsaminaceae (A–D), Pellicieraceae (E and F) and Tetrameristaceae (G and H). (A and B) Impatiens burtoni. (A) Polar view of a reticulate–rugulate 4-colpate pollen. (B) General view. (C) Impatiens capensis: polar view of a reticulate 4-colpate pollen grain. (D) Impatiens glandulifera: equatorial view of a reticulate 4-aperturate pollen grain with elongated colpi. (E and F) Pelliciera rhizophorae. (E) Polar view of a large sized, 3-colporate perforate–verrucate pollen grain. (F) Equatorial view of a pollen grain with elongated ectocolpi. (G and H) Tetramerista glabra. (G) Polar view of a 3-colporate pollen grain with large elongated ectocolpi. Note the granules in the lumina and on the aperture membrane. A margo is present (see white arrowhead). (H) Equatorial view.