Pseudopollen in Camellia oleifera and its implications for pollination ecology and taxonomy

Abstract

There are great differences in morphological structure between <i>C. oleifera</i> and other species in <i>Camellia</i> normal pollen and pseudopollen; these results may indicate that the pseudopollen can be used as a taxonomic basis for <i>Camellia</i>, and the macroscopic similarity between pseudopollen and pollen and histochemical characteristics of pseudopollen can be a pollination strategy.