Pollen of some melliferous and pollen-bearing species of the Asteraceae family in the North-West of Russia

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Using light, scanning electron and confocal laser scanning microscopes, the pollen morphology of 23 wild and introduced melliferous plant species belonging to 21 genera of the Asteraceae family, which are widely distributed in the Leningrad, Novgorod, and Pskov regions was studied. It was found that pollen grains of all the studied species are of medium size, from 18 to 50 microns, 3-aperturate, with an echinate or echinolophate type of exine. Dispersed in honey, pollen is easily determined to the family, subfamily and often to the tribe and genus. The obtained data will help honey producers to identify the pollen of the Asteraceae family plants in the tested honey samples.

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M. V. Braga

Komarov Botanical Institute

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Email: namedvedeva@mail.ru
Russian Federation, St. Petersburg

V. V. Grigorjeva

Komarov Botanical Institute

Email: namedvedeva@mail.ru
Russian Federation, St. Petersburg

N. A. Меdvedeva

Komarov Botanical Institute; Herzen State Pedagogical University

Email: namedvedeva@mail.ru
Russian Federation, St. Petersburg; St. Petersburg

D. A. Britski

Komarov Botanical Institute

Email: namedvedeva@mail.ru
Russian Federation, St. Petersburg

O. A. Gavrilova

Komarov Botanical Institute

Email: namedvedeva@mail.ru
Russian Federation, St. Petersburg

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