Pollen morphology study of Leguminosae family from Manchippa Reserve Forest, Nizamabad district, Telangana

Palynological studies were carried out in 68 plant species of Leguminosae family from Manchippa Reserve Forest, Nizamabad District. The pollen characters studied are type of pollen units, size, shape, aperture and ornamentation types. Spheroidal, subprolate, euprolate, prolate spheroidal, sub oblate and eu oblate type shapes of the pollen grains are recorded. Aperture types noticed are inaperturate, pantoporate, tetraporate, tricolpate, trizonocolporate and tetrazonocolporate. Ornamentations found are psilate, reticulate, microreticulate, faintlyreticulate, verrucate, gemmate, striate and echinate. The pollen morphology shows diversity, helps in identification of taxa and useful in taxonomy and Palynological studies of Nizamabad district in future.