Pollen morphology of some plants from Allahabad University area

The morphological study of pollen grains find their use in various disciplines like taxonomic identification of plants, in identifying past and present vegetation, in adulteration, in honey studies, in crime, in allergy, etc. The present study provides structural features of fifteen herbs and shrubs growing as ornamental or as weeds in the garden and surroundings of Allahabad University area. The result revealed that out of 15 pollen species studied six belonged to 3-zonocolporate class, two to pantoporate, two to 3-zonocolpate, two to 1-zonosulculate, one to 3-zonoporate, one to 4-zonocolporate and one to 1-monocolpate class. Ten species accounted for medium size pollen, three for small size pollen, one large size pollen and 1 very large size pollen. The present study and prepared acetolysed pollen slides of studied taxa are useful in future aeropalynological identifications.