Microscopic investigation of palyno‐morphological features of melliferous flora of Lakki Marwat district, Khyber Pakhtunkhwa, Pakistan

• DOI: 10.1002/jemt.23218
• Publication Date: 2019-01-24T22:19:20Z
• Authors: Shabir Ahmad; Muhammad Zafar; Mushtaq Ahmad; Lubna; Ghulam Yaseen; Shazia Sultana
• Keywords: Parthenium hysterophorus; Khyber pakhtunkhwa; Flora

The present study was carried out to investigate the polliniferous bee flora of Lakki Marwat district, Khyber Pakhtunkhwa, Pakistan. A total 18 species, belonging 13 different families were identified for foraging activities honeybees, namely, Cenchrus biflorus, Cestrum nocturnum, Citrus limon, Combretum indicum, Datura innoxia, Duranta erecta, Hamelia patens, Helianthus annuus, Ipomoea cairica, Luffa aegyptiaca, Nerium oleander, Ocimum basilicum, Parthenium hysterophorus, Pennisetum typhoides, Prosopis cineraria, juliflora, Saccharum spontaneum, and Ziziphus jujuba. melliferous collected morpho-palynological investigation. Pollen acetolyzed, measured, described qualitatively using light microscopy. pollen types varied from psilate echinate colpi tricolpate hexacolpate. Quantitative characteristics including polar diameter, equatorial ratio, length, width, spine exine thickness determined analyzed statistically software IBM SPSS Statistics 20. results highlighted significance morphology area which may lead identification potential useful botanical sources beekeepers check honey quality marketed area.