Palynological studies on some members of the family Asteraceae of Ranchi District, Jharkhand

Satyendra Kumar Gupta^a* & M. Kerketta^b
aDepartment of Botany, MSM Samta College, Jandaha, Vaishali, Bihar, India
^bUniversity Department of Botany, Dr. Shyama Prasad Mukherjee University, Ranchi, Jharkhand, India

Received : 21^st May, 2023 ; Revised : 24^th June, 2023
DOI:-https://doi.org/10.5281/zenodo.12207793

Abstract– Palynological studies of thirty-four species of Asteraceae available in Ranchi District were studied and it was found that pollens are radially symmetrical, isopolar, echinate, nonlacunate and trizonocolporate. The size of the pollen varied from 19.5 µm to 37.3 µm and the size of the spine varied from 1.5 µm to 6.8 µm. Only the Xanthium indicum Koen. species was recorded without spines.

Key words: Asteraceae, pollen grains, Ranchi, Jharkhand

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