Taxonomic insights into medicinal plants pollen, using advanced microscopy techniques, from the Western Ghats, India

Pollen morphological study on 18 medicinal plants from the Western Ghats (India) was carried out using light microscopy (LM), confocal laser scanning microscopy (CLSM) and field emission scanning electron microscopy (FESEM) techniques. The principal aim was to obtain high-resolution three-dimensiona...

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Published in:Grana 2024-07, Vol.63 (4), p.275-288
Main Authors: Javed, Mohammad, Prasad, Nagendra, Farooqui, Anjum, Quamar, Mohammad Firoze, Singh, Munendra
Format: Article
Language:English
Subjects:
CLSM and FESEM
Cluster analysis
Confocal microscopy
Electron microscopy
Field emission microscopy
Herbal medicine
Image resolution
Light microscopy
Medicinal plants
medicinally important plants
Microscopy
Morphology
Optical microscopy
Ornamental plants
Ornamentation
PCA
Plants
Pollen
pollen morphology
Principal components analysis
Scanning electron microscopy
Scanning microscopy
Statistical analysis
Statistical methods
systematics
Taxa
Taxonomic significance
Taxonomy
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Summary:Pollen morphological study on 18 medicinal plants from the Western Ghats (India) was carried out using light microscopy (LM), confocal laser scanning microscopy (CLSM) and field emission scanning electron microscopy (FESEM) techniques. The principal aim was to obtain high-resolution three-dimensional images and ultra-structure of the pollen grains of the studied taxa. The palyno-morphological characters, such as polar axis, equatorial diameter, P/E ratio, pollen shape, aperture type and number, exine thickness and surface ornamentation will be useful in the identification and taxonomic classification of the studied medicinal plants. Statistical analysis reveals grouping of the taxa in three different clusters and also isolated presence of taxa on the principal component analysis (PCA) biplot, irrespective of their families, showing similarities and/or variations among the studied taxa, belonging to the same and/or different families. The present study has taxonomic significance, providing high taxonomic resolution (identification of the taxa up to species level), and further aid in the identification and delimitation of the 18 studied plants.
ISSN:0017-3134
1651-2049
DOI:10.1080/00173134.2024.2391515