Euphorbia corollata
Euphorbiaceae
Description:
Pollen monads, size class medium, polar axis 28-30 μm, equatorial axis 25-28 μm, shape elliptical, prolate, isopolar, poles broad to somewhat narrowed, equatorial outline circular or 3-lobed; aperture type tricolporate, furrow somewhat expanded and constricted near middle, margo present; ornamentation foveate, perforate; exine tectate with distinct columellae.
Viscin absent.
Pollination Biology:
Pollinated by flies and short-tongued bees.
Tropicos Pollen Voucher:
Stephan s.n.
Links:
Insect Visitors of Illinois Wildflowers (Hilty 2010)
Prairie Wildflowers of Illinois (Hilt, 2010)
USDA Plants – Euphorbia corollata
Kansas Wildflowers and Grasses (Haddock, M.)
References:
Ehrenfeld, J. 1976. Reproductive Biology of Three Species of Euphorbia Subgenus Chamaesyce (Euphorbiaceae). American Journal of Botany 63(4): 06-413.
El-Ghazalya, G.A. and R. Chaudharyb. 1993. Pollen morphology of some species of the genus Euphorbia L. Review of Palaeobotany and Palynology 78: 293-319.
Florence May Lyon. 1898. A Contribution to the Life History of Euphorbia corollata. Botanical Gazette, Vol. 25(6): 418-426.
Park, K.R.. 1997. Pollen morphology of Euphorbia subgenus Agaloma section Tithymalopsis and related species. (Euphorbiaceae). Grana: 36: 11-16, 1997.