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Table 2 Pollen morphologies of Gossypium species

From: The morphological diversity of pollen in the genus Gossypium

Number

Material name

Pollen shape

Pollen diameter /μm

Echini length /μm

Echini density

Echini shape

Protuberance

1

G.hirsutum (CRI12)

Spheroidal

83.12–91.23 (87.07)

5.49–6.14 (5.78)

103–109 (105)

Sharply conical

Little

2

G.barbadense(CL)

Spheroidal

98.02–108.05 (103.41)

7.88–8.64 (8.29)

81–95 (89)

Sharply conical

Little

3

G.barbadense(YM)

Spheroidal

89.26–103.61 (96.09)

7.86–8.56 (8.20)

100–107 (104)

Sharply conical

Little

4

G.barbadense(XH7)

Spheroidal

98.82–110.68 (103.41)

9.07–10.00 (9.47)

110–123 (117)

Sharply conical

Little

5

G.tomentosum (LZ)

Spheroidal

94.86–104.29 (97.61)

5.53–5.96 (5.78)

74–80 (76)

Sharply conical

Little

6

G.tomentosum(JFZ8)

Spheroidal

86.30–98.88 (91.12)

6.17–6.98 (6.54)

60–70 (64)

Sharply conical

Little

7

G.tomentosum(01)

Spheroidal

87.67–100.66 (91.53)

5.51–5.88 (5.72)

52–62 (57)

Sharply conical

Medium

8

G.mustelinum(LZ)

Spheroidal

86.39–97.55 (92.49)

8.35–9.32 (8.81)

81–96 (89)

Sharply conical

Little

9

G.mustelinum(16)

Spheroidal

86.64––94.96 (91.08)

7.59–8.44 (8.01)

80–91 (87)

Sharply conical

Little

10

G.darwinii(07)

Spheroidal

90.91–96.54 (93.28)

7.82––8.45 (8.12)

63–72 (67)

Sharply conical

Medium

11

G.herbaceum(ZC1)

Spheroidal

65.93–73.47 (70.05)

3.30–3.91 (3.53)

102–114 (107)

Conical

Obvious

12

G.herbaceum (africanum)

Spheroidal

67.05–84.43 (73.41)

6.25–7.25 (6.86)

121–139 (128)

Conical

Obvious

13

G.arboreum (SXY)

Spheroidal

75.77–85.45 (80.36)

5.63–6.37 (5.97)

67–82 (74)

Conical

Little

14

G.arboreum (Rozi)

Spheroidal

75.63–87.17 (81.16)

7.19–7.97 (7.69)

90–98 (94)

Conical

Little

15

G.anomalum (LZ)

Spheroidal

69.63–76.22 (73.46)

4.76–5.67 (5.14)

73–81 (77)

Conical

Obvious

16

G.capitis-viridis(LZ)

Spheroidal

66.94––70.47 (68.44)

4.55–4.88 (4.70)

78–90 (84)

Conical

Medium

17

G.capitis-viridis(01)

Spheroidal

68.42–75.14 (71.69)

5.22–5.45 (5.36)

77–90 (83)

Conical

Medium

18

G.thurberi (LZ)

Spheroidal

69.11–77.76 (73.93)

5.74–6.59 (6.19)

87–100 (93)

Conical

Little

19

G.thurberi (35)

Spheroidal

71.55–75.65 (74.02)

5.90–6.67 (6.35)

89–100 (94)

Conical

Little

20

G.armourianum(LZ)

Spheroidal

62.89–77.05 (69.73)

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21

G.harknessii (LZ)

Spheroidal

58.55––68.24 (62.43)

3.78–4.41 (4.07)

103–108 (106)

Rodlike

Little

22

G.davidsonii (LZ)

Spheroidal

77.31–82.15 (79.50)

6.01–7.36 (6.78)

97–116 (103)

Sharply conical

Little

23

G.klotzschianum (LZ)

Spheroidal

85.09–90.42 (87.22)

5.51–6.17 (5.90)

108–118 (113)

Sharply conical

Little

24

G.raimondii(01)

Spheroidal

85.67–89.11 (86.71)

6.40–7.39 (6.83)

79–93 (86)

Sharply conical

Little

25

G.gossypioides(LZ)

Spheroidal

75.65–81.40 (77.99)

5.35–5.96 (5.66)

50–60 (54)

Conical

Medium

26

G.schwendimanii(LZ)

Spheroidal

82.03–86.17 (84.16)

7.85–8.25 (8.09)

62–72 (67)

Sharply conical

Medium

27

G.stocksii (LZ)

Spheroidal

77.26–86.08 (81.98)

4.86–5.98 (5.34)

117–128 (121)

Conical

Obvious

28

G.somalense(LZ)

Spheroidal

72.40–82.97 (79.14)

4.95–5.63 (5.36)

94–100 (96)

Rodlike

Obvious

29

G.areysianum (LZ)

Spheroidal

66.26–74.39 (69.80)

5.23–6.09 (5.68)

106–119 (112)

Rodlike

Obvious

30

G.incanum (04)

Spheroidal

67.28–77.92 (72.00)

3.70–4.68 (4.21)

165–178 (173)

Conical

Little

31

G.bickii (LZ)

Spheroidal

63.08–76.30 (69.78)

4.91–5.87 (5.31)

75–87 (79)

Conical

Little

32

G.australe (LZ)

Spheroidal

69.98–64.66 (64.66)

5.65–6.09 (5.88)

85–93 (90)

Conical

Little

33

G.rotundifolium (LZ)

Spheroidal

83.29–92.25 (87.25)

7.05–7.93 (7.39)

69–78 (75)

Sharply conical

Little

  1. The datums in brackets represent the average values; /, the data is missing