Varlik, KaderArmagan, MetinBulbul, Ali Savas2024-10-042024-10-0420221179-31551179-3163https://doi.org/10.11646/phytotaxa.532.1.2http://hdl.handle.net/20.500.12403/3606The aim of the present work is to provide an account on the morphological features of pollen of Veronica species in Turkey, as a contribution to future research. Pollen morphology of 20 species of the Veronica were investigated using Light Microscope (LM) and Scanning Electron Microscope (SEM). Different palyno-morphological features including; pollen ornamentation, colpus ornamentation, size of polar and equatorial diameter, P/E ratio, exine thickness, and size of colpus were observed. The study revealed that the pollen grains of the studied Veronica species were in all cases tricolpate, radially symmetrical and isopolar, oblate-spheroidal or prolate spheroidal. The surface pattern of the exine varied from striato-reticulate and striatomicroreticulate to microechinate-perforate, which allows recognition of three homonymous types of pollen grains.eninfo:eu-repo/semantics/closedAccessLight MicroscopyPlantaginaceaePollen morphologyScanning Electron MicroscopyTurkeyVeronicaArticle5321223610.11646/phytotaxa.532.1.22-s2.0-85141992057Q2WOS:000748416200002Q4