Vincetoxicum speciosum, Boissier & Spruner (1844: 39)

Güven, Seher, Makbul, Serdar, Coskuncelebi, Kamil & Pinar, Nur Münevver, 2015, Pollinarium morphology of Vincetoxicum (Apocynaceae: Asclepiadoideae) in Turkey, Phytotaxa 230 (1), pp. 22-38 : 28

V. speciosum Boissier & Spruner (1844: 39) :

Pollinium obovate, 341.6 (±11.42) × 103.8 (±4.18) μm; pollen cells 37.4 (±2.67) × 28.2 (±2.79) μm, inaperturate; ornamentation tectate-perforate, gemmate. Corpusculum oblong, 235.5 (±8.49) × 75.9 (±3.54) μm. Caudicle attached to the corpusculum sub-apically and to the pollinium basally to sub-basally, 79.9 (±3.38) × 20.4 (±1.16) μm ( Fig. 10 ).

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FIGURE 10. Vincetoxicum speciosum (Güven 131). a. Pollinarium (LM); b. Pollinarium (SEM); c. Pollen cells; d. Ornamentation.