XVI International Botanical Congess

An illustrated account of pollen morphology of Magnoliidae, including recent unpublished studies. This survey explores the extent to which pollen types and possible evolutionary trends in these basalangiosperms can be linked to the results of a recent combined molecular and non-molecular cladistic analysis of angiosperms (Nandi, Chase & Endress, Ann. Missouri Bot. Gard. 85:137-212, 1998). Particular consideration is given to comparing pollen of the magnoliid II" clade, with the more typical magnoliid I" clade within which the monocots are grouped and which is more closely related to higher dicots (eudicots).