Neblinaea

• Authority

  Carlquist, Sherwin. 1957. Anatomy of Guayana Mutisieae. Mem. New York Bot. Gard. 9 (3): 441-476.

• Family

  Asteraceae

• Scientific Name

  Neblinaea

• Discussion

  Pollen grains of the monotypic genus Neblinaea (fig. 99 A, B) have a close affinity to those of Gongylolepis and Achnopogon. However, the spines are less prominent than in either of these genera, the grains being less markedly spinulose. As in Achnopogon, the shape of pollen grains of Neblinaea is prolate sphaeroidal. The exine is only slightly thinner than that of Gongylolepis fruticosa, the two layers of the ektexine being about equally prominent.