A Survey of the Pollen Morphology of Olea with Particular Reference to Olea europaea Sens. Lat

The pollen morphology of Olea has been investigated by a number of authors, e.g., Aubert et al. (1959), Tarnavschi & Serbanescu-Jitariu (1960), Benichou (1962), Horowitz & Baum (1967), Straka & Simon (1967), Bonnefille (1971), Renault-Miskovsky et al. (1976), Ferguson & Poole (1976), Wickens (1976), Pacini & Vosa (1979) and Maley (1980). In this study a number of Olea species (17 species out of a total of c. 20) representative of the genus has been examined and the results are compared with those of other authors. Throughout, the general morphology of pollen is similar although there are some minor features that allow grouping and separation of certain species under study.