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ArticleScientific reports2026

Correlational analysis of halotolerant palynomorphs peculiarities by integrating morphological and morphometric characterization using scanning electron microscopy.

Moona Nazish, Muhammad Zubair, Masood Hussain Shah, Musadiq Manzoor, Rabia Masood, Fozia Bibi, Asif Kamal, Manal Abdulaziz Binobead, Muhammad Tahir Naseem

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Moona NazishDepartment of Plant Sciences, Faculty of Biological Sciences, Quaid-i-Azam University, Islamabad, 45320, Pakistan. mnazish@bs.qau.edu.pk.
Muhammad ZubairDepartment of Botany, University of Science and Technology, Bannu, Khyber Pakhtunkhwa, 28100, Pakistan. zubirhasraat@gmail.com.
Masood Hussain ShahDepartment of Plant Breeding and Genetics, University of Sargodha, Sargodha, Punjab, 40100, Pakistan.
Musadiq ManzoorDepartment of Botany, University of Karachi, Karachi, 75600, Pakistan.
Rabia MasoodDepartment of Botany, Hazara University, Mansehra, Khyber Pakhtunkhwa, 21300, Pakistan.
Fozia BibiDepartment of Biology, Allama Iqbal Open University, Islamabad, 44000, Pakistan.
Asif KamalDepartment of Plant Sciences, Faculty of Biological Sciences, Quaid-i-Azam University, Islamabad, 45320, Pakistan.
Manal Abdulaziz BinobeadDepartment of Food Science and Nutrition, College of Agriculture, Food Science, King Saud University, Riyadh, Saudi Arabia.
Muhammad Tahir NaseemDepartment of Electronic Engineering, Yeungnam University, Gyeongsan, 38541, Republic of Korea. mntahir@yu.ac.kr.

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Pollen analysis of halophytes is crucial for their accurate identification and taxonomic classification within respective families. This study aimed to highlight the systematic pollen analysis of 15 dominant halotolerant species from twelve families collected in the Kalabagh Salt Range, Pakistan. Light microscopic (LM) and scanning electron microscopic (SEM) techniques were used to examine the pollen’s discriminative traits that support the phenetic grouping and morphometric differentiation among halotolerant taxa. Pollen exine sculpture varied from punctate, verrucate, microechinate, perforate, to reticulate. Pollen shape also exhibited variance ranging from oblate-spheroidal (4 spp.), prolate (3 spp.), prolate-spheroidal (3 spp.), subprolate (3 spp.), Oblate (1 sp.) to spheroidal (1 sp.). The high pollen viability value of Euphorbia caducifolia (92.75%) describes its ecological adaptation to a saline environment. Principal component (PCA) and cluster analysis were used to analyze pollen morphometric data, revealing strong affinities among the studied halotolerant. Morpho pollinic traits, combined with advanced systematic tools, are crucial for identifying lineages within morphogroup taxa and may contribute to the taxonomic position of halotolerant plant species.

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PollenSalt-Tolerant PlantsCluster AnalysisMicroscopy, Electron, ScanningPrincipal Component AnalysisHalotolerant plant speciesMultivariate analysisPalynologySalinityScanning electron microscopy

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