Pollen Morphology of Atriplex Species in Turkey with Microscopy Images

Pollen morphology of 17 Atriplex L. taxa from Turkey, investigated using light and scanning electron microscopy. The dataset includes TIF and DOCX files totaling 4.6 MB, authored by İsa Başköse and last updated in April 2026. The research documents palynological characters to assess their taxonomic utility and contribute to species delimitation.

Use Cases

• Classifying Atriplex species based on pollen morphological features like spinule length and width.
• Investigating the taxonomic significance of polyploidy and hybridization through heteromorphic pollen features.
• Performing cluster or principal component analysis using key variables such as pollen diameter and pore number.
• Comparing pollen ornamentation and structure across different sections of the Atriplex genus.

Strengths

• Includes data from 17 distinct taxa, providing a comparative basis.
• Uses both light and scanning electron microscopy, offering multi-scale imaging.
• Identifies five key quantitative characteristics (e.g., spinule length, pollen diameter) for separating taxa.
• Released under a permissive CC-BY-4.0 license for reuse.

Limitations

• Row count is unknown, which may limit suitability assessment.
• Column-level documentation is absent; field semantics must be inferred after download.
• Data may reflect geographic bias inherent to its collection from Turkey.

Provenance

Source

figshare

Collection Method

Investigated using light and scanning electron microscopy.

Time Range

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Freshness

Last updated 2026-04-20 07:57:07; freshness should be verified.

Geography

Turkey