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Pollen morphology of the aquatic Brazilian endemic genus Castelnavia Tul. & Wedd. (Podostemaceae)

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The utility of pollen characteristics for taxonomic and phylogenetic analysis of most genera of Podostemaceae has barely been examined. Herein we report on the diversity of pollen structure in Castelnavia (Podostemaceae), a genus of six species endemic to central and southern Brazil. Pollen grain was shed as three-colpate, planaperturate monads and ranged from 12.5 to 22.5 μm for the polar axis and from 12.5 to 20.0 μm for the equatorial axis. All species examined had polar and radially symmetrical pollen grains. Grains from Castelnavia fluitans, Castelnavia multipartita, and Castelnavia noveloi had an oblate spheroidal shape (PD/ED), those from Castelnavia monandra and Castelnavia pendulosa were subprolate, and those from Castelnavia princeps were prolate spheroidal. The polar view was subcircular for C. monandra and subtriangular for the other species. A fastigium was observed in C. fluitans and C. pendulosa whereas a costa was present in C. multipartita and C. princeps, with the colpus margin not thickened in the former species but prominently thickened in the latter. Castelnavia monandra and C. noveloi did not have a fastigium or costa. For all species spicules occurred on the exine (microechinate sexine) and were most conspicuous on the colpus membrane. There was little correspondence between variation in pollen structure and species relationships supported by phylogenetic analysis.

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We are grateful to Aldaléa S. Tavares for sending material of Castelnavia pendulosa with flowers. Amanda Veiga (Museu Nacional-UFRJ) and Noêmia Alves (Instituto de Biofísica-UFRJ) helped with the SEM, and Aline J. Correia with the tables. The manuscript was improved by two anonymous reviewers. Material was collected with permit to C.P.B from SISBIO/IBAMA (Instituto Brasileiro do Meio Ambiente e dos Recursos Renováveis-Ministério do Meio Ambiente, dos Recursos Hídricos e da Amazônia Legal). This work was supported by Conselho Nacional de Desenvolvimento Científico e Tecnológico-Ministério de Ciência e Tecnologia (CNPq-MCT) to C.P.B. and V.G-E, Fundação de Amparo a Pesquisa do Estado do Rio de Janeiro (FAPERJ) to V.G-E, and by National Science Foundation Grant DEB-0444589 and Connecticut State University-AAUP research grants to C.T.P.

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    V. H. R. de Abreu, C. P. Bove, C. B. F. Mendonça & V. L. Gonçalves-Esteves

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Material examined. The reference material is listed before the comparison material and indicated with an asterisk (*).

Castelnavia fluitans Tul. & Wedd. – BRAZIL. Pará: São João do Araguaia, rio Araguaia, 48° 57′ 24.8″ W, 5° 16′ 43.5″ S, 22 July 2006, C.T.Philbrick 5983, A.Novelo R., C.P.Bove 1720 & D.Gera (R) *; Idem, 1 km upstream of bridge to Marabá, 48° 2′ 55.1″ W, 5° 19′ 16.9″ S, 22 July 2006, C.T.Philbrick 5985, A.Novelo R., C.P.Bove 1722 & D.Gera (R).

Castelnavia monandra Tul. & Wedd. – BRAZIL. Pará: São João do Araguaia, rio Araguaia, 48° 55′ 34.2″ W, 5° 18′ 28.5″ S, 22 July 2006, C.T.Philbrick 5980, A.Novelo R., C.P.Bove 1717 & D.Gera (R) *; Idem, 48° 56′ 13.4″ W, 5° 18′ 28.3″ S, 22 July 2006, C.T.Philbrick 5982, A.Novelo R., C.P.Bove 1719 & D.Gera (R).

Castelnavia multipartita Tul. & Wedd. – BRAZIL. Goiás: Jardim Paulista, rio São Patrício, 49° 24′ 51′’ W, 15° 0′ 11″ S, 5 June 2005, C.T.Philbrick 5820, A.Novelo R., C.P.Bove 1473 & D.Gera (R) *; Pará: Jacareacanga, rio São Benedito, 56° 35′ 7.3″ W, 9° 03′ 11.5″ S, 18 September 2007, C.P.Bove & C.T.Philbrick 1861 (R).

Castelnavia noveloi C.T. Philbrick & C.P. Bove – BRAZIL. Tocantins. Taquarussu, 10º 18′ 21.4″ S, 48º 10′ 17.7″ W, 390 m, 8 June 2005, C.T.Philbrick 5830, A.Novelo R., C.P.Bove 1484 & D.Gera (R; holotype) *; Idem, 26 July 2006, C.T.Philbrick 6000 & C.P.Bove 1737 (R).

Castelnavia pendulosa (C.T. Philbrick & C.P. Bove) C.T. Philbrick & C.P. Bove – BRAZIL. Mato Grosso. Aripuanã. Cachoeira Dardanelos. 14 July 2007, A.S.Tavares 980 (R).

Castelnavia princeps Tul. & Wedd. – BRAZIL. Pará: São João do Araguaia, rio Araguaia, 48° 55′ 43″ W, 5° 18′20″ S, 13 June 2005, C.T.Philbrick 5850 & C.P.Bove 1504 (R) *; Mato Grosso: Nobres, rio Nobres, 56° 21′ 56.4″ W, 14° 41′ 56.1″ S, 17 July 2006, C.T.Philbrick 5966 & C.P.Bove 1703 (R).

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de Abreu, V.H.R., Bove, C.P., Philbrick, C.T. et al. Pollen morphology of the aquatic Brazilian endemic genus Castelnavia Tul. & Wedd. (Podostemaceae). Plant Syst Evol 298, 1455–1461 (2012). https://doi.org/10.1007/s00606-012-0649-x

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