Pollen morphologies of some taxa of the Genus alyssum L. (Brassicaceae)

In this study, genera of Alyssum from the family Brassicaceae, A. condensatum subsp. flexibile (Nyár.) T.R. Dudley, A. filiforme Nyár., A. xanthocarpum Boiss., A. simplex Rudolph, A. macropodum Boiss. & Balansa, A. contemptum Schott & Kotschy, A. trichostachyum Rupr., A. callichorum Boiss. & Balansa, A. strigosum subsp. strigosum Banks & Sol., A.strictum Willd., and A. praecox Boiss. & Bal. taxa the morphologies of the pollen were revealed using light microscopy and scanning electron microscopy. Taxa belonging to this genus were collected in field studies conducted between 2022-2023. As a result of this study, some common features were found in pollen such as monad, radial symmetry, isopolar, pollen shapes being subprolate and prolate, aperture type tricolpate and exine tectate. In microphotographs taken with both SEM and light microscope, it was determined that the exine ornemantation was reticulate. Keywords: Alyssum, Brassicaceae, LM, Pollen morphology, SEM