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Hymenoptera species as pollen visitors of Plantago arabica (Plantaginaceae) in Jordan

Al-Quran, S. (2012) Hymenoptera species as pollen visitors of Plantago arabica (Plantaginaceae) in Jordan. Acta Botanica Hungarica, 54 (1-2). pp. 35-44. ISSN 0236-6495

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Abstract

The Plantaginaceae family has a wide distribution in Jordan during spring mainly in the northern and southern highlands and even in Jordan valley regions parallel to Jordan River. Plantago is one of the most important genera of the family with approx. 25 species. The objective of this work was to study the pollen morphology as well as to investigate the pollen visitors of Plantago arabica Boiss. Preliminary data indicate the presence of one species of stinging bee and three species of stingless bee as pollen visitors. The pollen of Plantago arabica Boiss. is pantoporate without annulus and operculum, circular, verrucate with few or no puncta, sexine scabrae, nexine surface is almost not well-defined as pollen ornamentation. In a word, Plantago arabica Boiss. as well as other Plantago species in Jordan produce a large amount of whitish polliniferous dust and constitutes a potential source of pollen for different species of bees, providing an interesting field for germination studies, insect-plant interactions and pollen morphology that are already under way.

Item Type: Article
Subjects: Q Science / természettudomány > QK Botany / növénytan
Depositing User: Ágnes Sallai
Date Deposited: 05 Jan 2018 08:27
Last Modified: 05 Jan 2018 08:27
URI: http://real.mtak.hu/id/eprint/71958

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