Pub Date : 2023-09-14DOI: 10.1080/01916122.2023.2254364
Amira Celeste Chalabe, Daniela Elizabeth Olivera, Marcelo Adrián Martínez, Carlos Zavala
AbstractThe palynological (palynostratigraphical/palynofacies) analysis of samples from the Middle Jurassic outcrop at the Quebrada Álvarez section located in the Neuquén Basin, Patagonia, Argentina, allowed us to begin to evaluate the palaeoecological significance of the recovered palynofloras and their importance in the evolution of these ecosystems, during the transition between the uppermost Cuyo Group and the lowermost Lotena Group. The Lajas Formation, characterised by the palynofacies type A, could be interpreted as tide-modified delta front environment. The high abundance and diversity of the palynomorphs identified in the studied samples, contribute to improve the palynological knowledge of the Challacó Formation (palynofacies type B–F). Considering the palaeoecological requirements of the recognised plant families, relatively humid and warm climate conditions could be inferred during the deposition of this unit. Also, the “seasonally dry (winterwet)” biome (Rees et al. 2000) was interpreted for the first time in the Neuquén Basin. Based on selected key taxa a Late Bathonian–early Callovian age is proposed for the Challacó Formation at the Quebrada Álvarez section. The palynological matter recorded in this unit suggests the development of a lacustrine environment with cycles of relative contraction and expansion of the water body due to fluctuations between relatively dry and wet conditions. The dominance of phytoclasts, mainly opaque particles, and freshwater algae (Botryococcus) in the Bosque Petrificado Formation (palynofacies type G–I) could suggest the development of a freshwater to brackish lacustrine environment. Based on the dominance of the same group of palynomorphs (Chlorophyta algae) in the Challacó and Bosque Petrificado formations, similar palaeoenvironmental conditions would be inferred for these units. From a lithofacies analysis point of view, the Challacó and Bosque Petrificado formations show isopic facies associations in the study locality.Key words: Lajas FormationChallacó FormationBosque Petrificado FormationMiddle JurassicNeuquén BasinArgentinaDisclaimerAs a service to authors and researchers we are providing this version of an accepted manuscript (AM). Copyediting, typesetting, and review of the resulting proofs will be undertaken on this manuscript before final publication of the Version of Record (VoR). During production and pre-press, errors may be discovered which could affect the content, and all legal disclaimers that apply to the journal relate to these versions also. AcknowledgmentsThe authors thank Dr. Rosemary Scoffield for her critical reading of the manuscript. We thank Dr. James Riding (Managing Editor), Dr. Sofie Lindström and an anonymous reviewer for their helpful suggestions which improved the final version of the manuscript. The authors kindly acknowledge to Dr. Germán Otharán and Dr. Ainara Irastorza for the field work and the stratigraphical column.Disclosure statementNo potential conflict of i
{"title":"Palaeoenvironments and palaeoclimate of the uppermost Cuyo Group and lowermost Lotena Group at Quebrada Álvarez, Picún Leufú Sub-basin, Patagonia, Argentina: a preliminary study based on palynology","authors":"Amira Celeste Chalabe, Daniela Elizabeth Olivera, Marcelo Adrián Martínez, Carlos Zavala","doi":"10.1080/01916122.2023.2254364","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.1080/01916122.2023.2254364","url":null,"abstract":"AbstractThe palynological (palynostratigraphical/palynofacies) analysis of samples from the Middle Jurassic outcrop at the Quebrada Álvarez section located in the Neuquén Basin, Patagonia, Argentina, allowed us to begin to evaluate the palaeoecological significance of the recovered palynofloras and their importance in the evolution of these ecosystems, during the transition between the uppermost Cuyo Group and the lowermost Lotena Group. The Lajas Formation, characterised by the palynofacies type A, could be interpreted as tide-modified delta front environment. The high abundance and diversity of the palynomorphs identified in the studied samples, contribute to improve the palynological knowledge of the Challacó Formation (palynofacies type B–F). Considering the palaeoecological requirements of the recognised plant families, relatively humid and warm climate conditions could be inferred during the deposition of this unit. Also, the “seasonally dry (winterwet)” biome (Rees et al. 2000) was interpreted for the first time in the Neuquén Basin. Based on selected key taxa a Late Bathonian–early Callovian age is proposed for the Challacó Formation at the Quebrada Álvarez section. The palynological matter recorded in this unit suggests the development of a lacustrine environment with cycles of relative contraction and expansion of the water body due to fluctuations between relatively dry and wet conditions. The dominance of phytoclasts, mainly opaque particles, and freshwater algae (Botryococcus) in the Bosque Petrificado Formation (palynofacies type G–I) could suggest the development of a freshwater to brackish lacustrine environment. Based on the dominance of the same group of palynomorphs (Chlorophyta algae) in the Challacó and Bosque Petrificado formations, similar palaeoenvironmental conditions would be inferred for these units. From a lithofacies analysis point of view, the Challacó and Bosque Petrificado formations show isopic facies associations in the study locality.Key words: Lajas FormationChallacó FormationBosque Petrificado FormationMiddle JurassicNeuquén BasinArgentinaDisclaimerAs a service to authors and researchers we are providing this version of an accepted manuscript (AM). Copyediting, typesetting, and review of the resulting proofs will be undertaken on this manuscript before final publication of the Version of Record (VoR). During production and pre-press, errors may be discovered which could affect the content, and all legal disclaimers that apply to the journal relate to these versions also. AcknowledgmentsThe authors thank Dr. Rosemary Scoffield for her critical reading of the manuscript. We thank Dr. James Riding (Managing Editor), Dr. Sofie Lindström and an anonymous reviewer for their helpful suggestions which improved the final version of the manuscript. The authors kindly acknowledge to Dr. Germán Otharán and Dr. Ainara Irastorza for the field work and the stratigraphical column.Disclosure statementNo potential conflict of i","PeriodicalId":54644,"journal":{"name":"Palynology","volume":"45 1","pages":"0"},"PeriodicalIF":0.0,"publicationDate":"2023-09-14","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"134911800","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":4,"RegionCategory":"地球科学","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
AbstractThe tropical mountainous area of the southeastern Tibetan Plateau (TP) is a hotspot of ecological environment research because of its rich biodiversity. However, limited knowledge regarding modern pollen rain within this area has impeded further investigation research on eco-environmental evolution by using pollen record. Here, we collected 62 modern pollen samples from lowland tropics to the subalpine (740-3550 m a.s.l.) in Medog County, located in the southeastern TP, and performed pollen analysis. Cluster analysis, redundancy analysis, variance partitioning analysis, boosted regression trees were employed to investigate the relationship between pollen and vegetation-climate. Additionally, Hill numbers (N0, N1, N2) and specificity-occupancy plots were utilized to explore plant diversity. The results indicate that modern pollen rain in Medog can reflect well the current characteristics of vegetation, encompassing both primary and secondary features. Pollen of Cyclobalanopsis, Tsuga and Abies, which are dominant components of the primary vegetation above 2100 m a.s.l., can serve as indicator species for palaeovegetation reconstruction. Mean annual precipitation is the most important climatic determinant affecting pollen distribution. Pollen diversity indices reveal that the plant diversity in this study area has a bimodal pattern of “relatively high-low-highest-low” with altitude. The plant diversity above 2100 m a.s.l. is mainly decided by primary vegetation, whereas below 2100 m a.s.l. can be explained by the intermediate disturbance hypothesis. Furthermore, it is advisable to exercise caution when dealing with arboreal pollen evenness in open mountainous environments due to the increased potential pollen source area caused by valley wind.Keywords: Modern pollen rainvegetation-pollen relationshippollen-climate relationshippollen diversityaltitudinal gradientsoutheastern Tibetan PlateauDisclaimerAs a service to authors and researchers we are providing this version of an accepted manuscript (AM). Copyediting, typesetting, and review of the resulting proofs will be undertaken on this manuscript before final publication of the Version of Record (VoR). During production and pre-press, errors may be discovered which could affect the content, and all legal disclaimers that apply to the journal relate to these versions also. Declaration of InterestsThe authors declare that they have no known competing financial interests or personal relationships that could have appeared to influence the work reported in this paper.AcknowledgementsThe authors are grateful to Zhao Wenqian and Li Mingjia for help with fieldwork. We also thank two anonymous reviewers who gave us important advice that let us improve the manuscript’s quality. This work was supported by National Key Research and Development Program of China (2022YFF0801101) and National Natural Science Foundation of China (Grant No. 42077424, 42277446).
{"title":"The vertical distribution of modern pollen in the southeastern edge of Tibetan Plateau, China","authors":"Changting Chi, Xiayun Xiao, Jianjun Wang, Rui Ke, Baoyan Jia","doi":"10.1080/01916122.2023.2258941","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.1080/01916122.2023.2258941","url":null,"abstract":"AbstractThe tropical mountainous area of the southeastern Tibetan Plateau (TP) is a hotspot of ecological environment research because of its rich biodiversity. However, limited knowledge regarding modern pollen rain within this area has impeded further investigation research on eco-environmental evolution by using pollen record. Here, we collected 62 modern pollen samples from lowland tropics to the subalpine (740-3550 m a.s.l.) in Medog County, located in the southeastern TP, and performed pollen analysis. Cluster analysis, redundancy analysis, variance partitioning analysis, boosted regression trees were employed to investigate the relationship between pollen and vegetation-climate. Additionally, Hill numbers (N0, N1, N2) and specificity-occupancy plots were utilized to explore plant diversity. The results indicate that modern pollen rain in Medog can reflect well the current characteristics of vegetation, encompassing both primary and secondary features. Pollen of Cyclobalanopsis, Tsuga and Abies, which are dominant components of the primary vegetation above 2100 m a.s.l., can serve as indicator species for palaeovegetation reconstruction. Mean annual precipitation is the most important climatic determinant affecting pollen distribution. Pollen diversity indices reveal that the plant diversity in this study area has a bimodal pattern of “relatively high-low-highest-low” with altitude. The plant diversity above 2100 m a.s.l. is mainly decided by primary vegetation, whereas below 2100 m a.s.l. can be explained by the intermediate disturbance hypothesis. Furthermore, it is advisable to exercise caution when dealing with arboreal pollen evenness in open mountainous environments due to the increased potential pollen source area caused by valley wind.Keywords: Modern pollen rainvegetation-pollen relationshippollen-climate relationshippollen diversityaltitudinal gradientsoutheastern Tibetan PlateauDisclaimerAs a service to authors and researchers we are providing this version of an accepted manuscript (AM). Copyediting, typesetting, and review of the resulting proofs will be undertaken on this manuscript before final publication of the Version of Record (VoR). During production and pre-press, errors may be discovered which could affect the content, and all legal disclaimers that apply to the journal relate to these versions also. Declaration of InterestsThe authors declare that they have no known competing financial interests or personal relationships that could have appeared to influence the work reported in this paper.AcknowledgementsThe authors are grateful to Zhao Wenqian and Li Mingjia for help with fieldwork. We also thank two anonymous reviewers who gave us important advice that let us improve the manuscript’s quality. This work was supported by National Key Research and Development Program of China (2022YFF0801101) and National Natural Science Foundation of China (Grant No. 42077424, 42277446).","PeriodicalId":54644,"journal":{"name":"Palynology","volume":"39 1","pages":"0"},"PeriodicalIF":0.0,"publicationDate":"2023-09-13","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"135784709","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":4,"RegionCategory":"地球科学","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
{"title":"Diversity matters: Diet of <i>Apis cerana</i> in Southeast India includes one consistently occurring and several seasonally available floral sources","authors":"Jean Lazar, Srinivasan Prasad, Doris Barboni, Lipi Das, Vadivelu Kumaresan, Krishnamurthy Anupama","doi":"10.1080/01916122.2023.2255990","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.1080/01916122.2023.2255990","url":null,"abstract":"","PeriodicalId":54644,"journal":{"name":"Palynology","volume":"42 1","pages":"0"},"PeriodicalIF":0.0,"publicationDate":"2023-09-08","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"136264415","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":4,"RegionCategory":"地球科学","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
Pub Date : 2023-09-05DOI: 10.1080/01916122.2023.2252482
Sofie Lindström
Abstract Cymatiosphaera hymenosynypha Morbey 1975, previously recorded from the Rhaetian Westbury Formation in the United Kingdom, occurs in Triassic–Jurassic boundary strata from Denmark. From the present study it is clear that this small, finely reticulate, ellipsoidal, two-layered palynomorph is not a prasinophyte, but a dinoflagellate cyst with a combination apical/intercalary archaeopyle (type tAtI) which involves three apical plates plus one intercalary plate. This cavate cyst is morphologically similar but not identical to Valvaeodinium hanneae Piasecki 2001 from the uppermost Bathonian to lower Callovian of East Greenland, and it is therefore here transferred to Valvaeodinium, as Valvaeodinium hymenosynypha (Morbey) Lindström comb. nov. The appearance of Valvaeodinium hymenosynypha in Rhaetian strata in the Danish Basin suggests that the lineage of cavate Valvaeodinium cysts originated in the Late Triassic alongside a chorate species of the genus. Valvaeodinium hymenosynypha seems to have survived just barely past the end-Triassic mass extinction as it is also present in the earliest Hettangian.
{"title":"Valvaeodinium hymenosynypha (Morbey) comb. nov., a dinoflagellate cyst from the uppermost Triassic and lowermost Jurassic (Rhaetian and Hettangian) of Europe","authors":"Sofie Lindström","doi":"10.1080/01916122.2023.2252482","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.1080/01916122.2023.2252482","url":null,"abstract":"Abstract Cymatiosphaera hymenosynypha Morbey 1975, previously recorded from the Rhaetian Westbury Formation in the United Kingdom, occurs in Triassic–Jurassic boundary strata from Denmark. From the present study it is clear that this small, finely reticulate, ellipsoidal, two-layered palynomorph is not a prasinophyte, but a dinoflagellate cyst with a combination apical/intercalary archaeopyle (type tAtI) which involves three apical plates plus one intercalary plate. This cavate cyst is morphologically similar but not identical to Valvaeodinium hanneae Piasecki 2001 from the uppermost Bathonian to lower Callovian of East Greenland, and it is therefore here transferred to Valvaeodinium, as Valvaeodinium hymenosynypha (Morbey) Lindström comb. nov. The appearance of Valvaeodinium hymenosynypha in Rhaetian strata in the Danish Basin suggests that the lineage of cavate Valvaeodinium cysts originated in the Late Triassic alongside a chorate species of the genus. Valvaeodinium hymenosynypha seems to have survived just barely past the end-Triassic mass extinction as it is also present in the earliest Hettangian.","PeriodicalId":54644,"journal":{"name":"Palynology","volume":" ","pages":""},"PeriodicalIF":1.5,"publicationDate":"2023-09-05","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"49423845","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":4,"RegionCategory":"地球科学","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
Pub Date : 2023-08-30DOI: 10.1080/01916122.2023.2252871
K. Escobar-Torrez, Raquel Franco Cassino, Marie-Pierre Ledru
{"title":"Relationship between pollination syndromes, pollen morphology and plant ecology in Quaternary deposits of the Cerrado","authors":"K. Escobar-Torrez, Raquel Franco Cassino, Marie-Pierre Ledru","doi":"10.1080/01916122.2023.2252871","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.1080/01916122.2023.2252871","url":null,"abstract":"","PeriodicalId":54644,"journal":{"name":"Palynology","volume":"1 1","pages":""},"PeriodicalIF":1.5,"publicationDate":"2023-08-30","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"42541105","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":4,"RegionCategory":"地球科学","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
Pub Date : 2023-08-26DOI: 10.1080/01916122.2023.2251560
L. Gómez-Lizárraga, E. Ramírez-Arriaga, M. B. Mendoza-Garfias, M. Prámparo, A. Valiente‐Banuet
{"title":"Pollen morphology of columnar cacti from Tehuacán-Cuicatlán Valley, Mexico","authors":"L. Gómez-Lizárraga, E. Ramírez-Arriaga, M. B. Mendoza-Garfias, M. Prámparo, A. Valiente‐Banuet","doi":"10.1080/01916122.2023.2251560","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.1080/01916122.2023.2251560","url":null,"abstract":"","PeriodicalId":54644,"journal":{"name":"Palynology","volume":" ","pages":""},"PeriodicalIF":1.5,"publicationDate":"2023-08-26","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"47571754","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":4,"RegionCategory":"地球科学","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
Pub Date : 2023-08-24DOI: 10.1080/01916122.2023.2251044
Elise Wallet, Ben J. Slater, S. Willman
Abstract The early Cambrian Buen Formation (North Greenland) hosts an exceptionally rich fossil biota that has contributed significantly to our knowledge of early metazoans, yet the fossil remains of primary producers from this deposit have received less attention. Here we examine the palynological component of the Buen Formation, with a focus on acritarchs and filamentous microfossils. Our analysis revealed the presence of 49 form taxa, 15 of which are described for the first time in the Buen Formation. These include large elements of presumably benthic origin, together with cyst-like acritarchs. Comasphaeridium longispinosum Vidal 1993 is renamed Comasphaeridium? brillesensis nom. nov., and Comasphaeridium densispinosum Vidal 1993 is reassigned to a new genus, Pearisphaeridium, becoming Pearisphaeridium densispinosum comb. nov. The diagnoses of Pearisphaeridium densispinosum (Vidal 1993) comb. nov. and Skiagia pura Moczydłowska 1988 are emended. Further, careful analysis of disparity in the recovered assemblage has revealed the presence of numerous transitional morphologies among the recorded acritarch form taxa. Though some of these transitional forms likely represent biologically meaningful entities (e.g. life cycle stages, ecophenotypes), others appear to have been artificially generated by taphonomic processes. Accounting for taphonomic factors and other sources of morphological variation has curtailed diversity down to 30 acritarch morphotypes, ten of which represent distinct abundance peaks broadly corresponding to acritarch genera. This analysis illustrates how population-based studies of early Cambrian acritarchs can help to discern the different factors that impinge on acritarch morphology, detect instances of taxonomic inflation, and refine our measures of diversity at the base of early Palaeozoic food webs.
{"title":"Organic-walled microfossils from the lower Cambrian of North Greenland: a reappraisal of diversity","authors":"Elise Wallet, Ben J. Slater, S. Willman","doi":"10.1080/01916122.2023.2251044","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.1080/01916122.2023.2251044","url":null,"abstract":"Abstract The early Cambrian Buen Formation (North Greenland) hosts an exceptionally rich fossil biota that has contributed significantly to our knowledge of early metazoans, yet the fossil remains of primary producers from this deposit have received less attention. Here we examine the palynological component of the Buen Formation, with a focus on acritarchs and filamentous microfossils. Our analysis revealed the presence of 49 form taxa, 15 of which are described for the first time in the Buen Formation. These include large elements of presumably benthic origin, together with cyst-like acritarchs. Comasphaeridium longispinosum Vidal 1993 is renamed Comasphaeridium? brillesensis nom. nov., and Comasphaeridium densispinosum Vidal 1993 is reassigned to a new genus, Pearisphaeridium, becoming Pearisphaeridium densispinosum comb. nov. The diagnoses of Pearisphaeridium densispinosum (Vidal 1993) comb. nov. and Skiagia pura Moczydłowska 1988 are emended. Further, careful analysis of disparity in the recovered assemblage has revealed the presence of numerous transitional morphologies among the recorded acritarch form taxa. Though some of these transitional forms likely represent biologically meaningful entities (e.g. life cycle stages, ecophenotypes), others appear to have been artificially generated by taphonomic processes. Accounting for taphonomic factors and other sources of morphological variation has curtailed diversity down to 30 acritarch morphotypes, ten of which represent distinct abundance peaks broadly corresponding to acritarch genera. This analysis illustrates how population-based studies of early Cambrian acritarchs can help to discern the different factors that impinge on acritarch morphology, detect instances of taxonomic inflation, and refine our measures of diversity at the base of early Palaeozoic food webs.","PeriodicalId":54644,"journal":{"name":"Palynology","volume":" ","pages":""},"PeriodicalIF":1.5,"publicationDate":"2023-08-24","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"43183101","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":4,"RegionCategory":"地球科学","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
Pub Date : 2023-08-11DOI: 10.1080/01916122.2023.2246534
F. Dutra, M. Groppo, E. Gasparino
Abstract Rutaceae (Sapindales) is represented by approximately 2040 species and 150–170 genera. Conchocarpus is the genus with the highest number of species and is circumscribed by a combination of character states, making it a polymorphic group. A recent study proposed a new genus, Dryades, formed by species formerly positioned in Conchocarpus. This study aims to describe the pollen morphology of Dryades species, comparing it with the palynology of phylogenetically related species, to present data that can characterize the species of Dryades. We analyzed the pollen grains of Dryades species and eight species of the genera Andreadoxa, Angostura, Erythrochiton, Galipea, Rauia and Conchocarpus. The pollen grains were acetolyzed, measured, described qualitatively, and analyzed quantitatively. Illustrations using light microscopy (LM) and scanning electron microscopy (SEM) are presented. Multivariate analysis was performed. The pollen grains are monads, isopolar, medium to very large in size, with subcircular to subtriangular amb, and oblate-spheroidal to prolate shape. The apertures are 3- or 5-colporate, varying in size (very small to very large colpi). The endoapertures are usually lalongate, rarely circular. The pollen grains analyzed are microreticulate, reticulate, macroreticulate, reticulate-baculate, baculate or verrucate-baculate. Both qualitative and quantitative characteristics of pollen grains proved to be important in distinguishing genera and grouping species within genera (in particular, the number of apertures, the length of the ectoaperture, the exine ornamentation and the size of the pollen grains). Dryades species show similarities in pollen morphology to species of related genera such as Andreodoxa, Galipea and especially Rauia. The shape of pollen grains and the number of apertures in Dryades are distinct from those found in Conchocarpus macrophyllus. The pollen data observed in this study confirm the pollen diversity of Rutaceae.
{"title":"Pollen morphology characterization of Dryades Groppo, Kallunki & Pirani, a new genus of Rutaceae, and its phylogenetically related species","authors":"F. Dutra, M. Groppo, E. Gasparino","doi":"10.1080/01916122.2023.2246534","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.1080/01916122.2023.2246534","url":null,"abstract":"Abstract Rutaceae (Sapindales) is represented by approximately 2040 species and 150–170 genera. Conchocarpus is the genus with the highest number of species and is circumscribed by a combination of character states, making it a polymorphic group. A recent study proposed a new genus, Dryades, formed by species formerly positioned in Conchocarpus. This study aims to describe the pollen morphology of Dryades species, comparing it with the palynology of phylogenetically related species, to present data that can characterize the species of Dryades. We analyzed the pollen grains of Dryades species and eight species of the genera Andreadoxa, Angostura, Erythrochiton, Galipea, Rauia and Conchocarpus. The pollen grains were acetolyzed, measured, described qualitatively, and analyzed quantitatively. Illustrations using light microscopy (LM) and scanning electron microscopy (SEM) are presented. Multivariate analysis was performed. The pollen grains are monads, isopolar, medium to very large in size, with subcircular to subtriangular amb, and oblate-spheroidal to prolate shape. The apertures are 3- or 5-colporate, varying in size (very small to very large colpi). The endoapertures are usually lalongate, rarely circular. The pollen grains analyzed are microreticulate, reticulate, macroreticulate, reticulate-baculate, baculate or verrucate-baculate. Both qualitative and quantitative characteristics of pollen grains proved to be important in distinguishing genera and grouping species within genera (in particular, the number of apertures, the length of the ectoaperture, the exine ornamentation and the size of the pollen grains). Dryades species show similarities in pollen morphology to species of related genera such as Andreodoxa, Galipea and especially Rauia. The shape of pollen grains and the number of apertures in Dryades are distinct from those found in Conchocarpus macrophyllus. The pollen data observed in this study confirm the pollen diversity of Rutaceae.","PeriodicalId":54644,"journal":{"name":"Palynology","volume":" ","pages":""},"PeriodicalIF":1.5,"publicationDate":"2023-08-11","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"44245999","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":4,"RegionCategory":"地球科学","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
Pub Date : 2023-08-01DOI: 10.1080/01916122.2023.2241068
S. Lindström, G. Pedersen, H. Vosgerau, J. Hovikoski, K. Dybkjær, L. Nielsen
Abstract The Upper Triassic–Lower Jurassic succession in the Danish Basin is penetrated by many deep wells that were drilled during former hydrocarbon exploration campaigns, but it is today targeted for geothermal energy and storage of CO2. The Stenlille salt dome on Sjælland sandstones of the Gassum Formation, sealed by the overlying Fjerritslev Formation mudstones, has been used for decades as a seasonal storage for natural gas. With its comprehensive dataset of seismics, geophysical well logs and conventional core data from 20 wells, the Stenlille succession serves as a model for other salt domes currently being evaluated as potential CO2 storage sites in the basin. Over the last decade the cored Triassic–Jurassic boundary succession has contributed to the understanding of environmental and palynological events during the end-Triassic mass extinction. Core, sidewall core and cutting samples from several of the closely situated Stenlille wells are here used to establish a high-resolution palynostratigraphic zonation scheme covering the entire Rhaetian to Sinemurian succession by integrating new analyses with previously published data. The palynological dataset has allowed the recognition of nine formally described spore-pollen zones, of which eight are new, while two previously described dinoflagellate cyst zones are subdivided into three informal subzones each. The palynological zonation is integrated with a sequence stratigraphic framework and will form the basis for the dating of future well sections in the Danish Basin and other basins and for correlation to outcrops. The large palynological dataset further shows that the vegetation around the Danish Basin was remarkably stable during the early to middle Rhaetian, but that events related to the emplacement of the Central Atlantic Magmatic Province accelerated ecosystem changes for c. 175 ky in the late Rhaetian and earliest Hettangian, including ∼25 ky of successional recovery before the terrestrial ecosystem had again stabilised.
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Pub Date : 2023-07-31DOI: 10.1080/01916122.2023.2242449
Simone Cartaxo-Pinto, Ilgner Fernando Tavares Vieira, Jeane Marinho Nascimento, Vinicius R. Bueno, G. Heiden, C. Mendonça, Vania Gonçalves-Esteves
Abstract Calea comprises 157 species that occur in the Neotropics. The genus is organized into eight subgenera and 18 sections. Calea sect. Meyeria consists of eight species occurring exclusively in south-central Brazil. In this study, pollen grains from these eight species were sampled from herborized flower buds in pre-anthesis. Pollen samples were acetolyzed, measured, and photographed under a light microscope. Unacetolyzed pollen grains were examined under a scanning electron microscope. The results were used to characterize pollen morphology and construct a palynotaxonomic key for Calea sect. Meyeria. The analyzed pollen grains were monads, isopolar, usually medium-sized, oblate spheroidal, tricolporate, with lalongate endoaperture, the sexine echinate and thicker than the nexine, and six spines in the apocolpium region. The eight species have very similar pollen grains, but some characters are informative for this section, namely pollen size, polar area, sexine ornamentation, and endoaperture characteristics. Despite the similarity of the pollen grains, palynological analysis was able to contribute to the delimitation of Calea species, providing new information for species distinction within Calea sect. Meyeria.
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