SEM STUDIES ON POLLEN GRAIN AND ANTHER MORPHOLOGY OF THE GENUS MAGNOLIA

The pollen grain and anther of five species of the genus Magnolia were observed by scaning electron microscopy.The general morphological features were as follows:The shape of the pollen grain are ball or ellipsoid possessing monocolpate or not;The surface are smooth and fine or rough;The anther's epidermal cell are spindle or columnar, arrange close together,and sculpture are striate.