Claim · model-written summary
Stratiotes pollen morphology is unique among angiosperm pollen types and readily identified.
- Taxon
- Stratiotes
Stratiotese0 - Organ / stage
- pollene0
- Outcome
- unique among all angiosperm pollen types and easy to identifye0
Not reportedDirection
Verbatim
e0“The combined morphological features of Stratiotes (Hydrocharitaceae) pollen, observed with light and electron microscopy, make it unique among all angiosperm pollen types and easy to identify.”
Title
Origin and Early Evolution of Hydrocharitaceae and the Ancestral Role of Stratiotes
Silvia Ulrich; Manuel Vieira; Mario Coiro; et al. Plants 2024. doi:10.3390/plants13071008
Other claims from this paper (3)
- Observation Eocene fossil Stratiotes pollen was found in Germany and Kenya, constituting the first reliable pre-Pleistocene records worldwide.
- Observation The Kenyan fossil is the only Hydrocharitaceae fossil reported so far from Africa.
- Observation Stratiotes is insect-pollinated and produces relatively few pollen grains per flower.
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