
Foram tratados, palinologicamente, 21 táxons de Passiflora L. subg. Decaloba (DC.) Rchb. (Passifloraceae) ocorrentes no Brasil, com o objetivo de contribuir para a caracterização, circunscrição e delimitação do subgênero, espécies e subespécie. Os grãos de pólen foram acetolisados, medidos, descritos e ilustrados sob microscopia de luz. Grãos de pólen não acetolisados foram usados na microscopia eletrônica de varredura. Os táxons possuem grãos de pólen grandes ou médios, isopolares, prolato-esferoidais, oblato-esferoidais, esferoidais ou subprolatos, 12-colpados, 12-colporados ou 6-colporados, 3 ou 6 mesocolpos, e presença ou ausência de opérculos, pseudopérculos e opérculos secundários, exina microrreticulada em P. truncata e heterorreticulada nas demais espécies. Foi confeccionada uma chave para a identificação das espécies com base nos dados polínicos, mostrando que características polínicas têm grande importância na taxonomia de Passiflora.The palynological study of 21 taxa of Passiflora L. subg. Decaloba (DC.) Rchb. (Passifloraceae) in Brazil aimed to contribute to a better characterization, as well as the circumscription and delimitation of the subgenus, species and subspecies. The pollen grains were acetolysed, measured, described and illustrated using light microscopy and scanning electron microscopy. The taxa have large or medium-sized pollen grains, isopolar, prolate spheroidal, oblate spheroidal, spheroidal or suprolate, 12-colpate, 12-colporate or 6-colporate, 3 or 6 mesocolpes, and presence or absence of opercules, pseudopercules and secondary opercules, microreticulate (P. truncata) and heteroreticulate exine in the other species. An identification key with pollen characteristics is presented, showing the importance of pollen characteristics for Passiflora taxonomy.
taxonomy, Passiflora subg. Decaloba, Brasil, QK1-989, Botany, taxonomia, palinologia, palynology, Brazil
taxonomy, Passiflora subg. Decaloba, Brasil, QK1-989, Botany, taxonomia, palinologia, palynology, Brazil
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