On the Relationship between Pollen Size and Genome Size

Table 3

Examples of previous studies on the relationship between ploidy and pollen size reported by family, genus, ploidy variation and how doubling DNA content changed pollen volumne. Primary literature sources are also given.

Family	Genus	Species and chromosome numbers	2x the DNA led to:	Source
Boraginaceae	Lappula	deflexa (2𝑛=24) & squarrosa (2𝑛=48)	1.5x to 2x larger pollen	[20]
Convolvulaceae	Cuscuta	epithymum (2𝑛=14) & carapestris (2𝑛=56)	1.2x larger pollen	[22]
Papaveraceae	Fumaria	murialis (2𝑛=30) & capreolata (2𝑛=60)	1.3x larger pollen	[21]
Poaceae	Andropogon	various species (2𝑛=60,120, and 180)	1.2x larger pollen	[14]
Polygonaceae	Rumex	acetosella (2𝑛=14,28, and 42)	1.1x to 1.3x larger pollen	[23]
Convolvulaceae	Ipomoea	trifida with diploid pollen	1.3x larger pollen	[15]
Brassicaceae	Arabidopsis	thaliana with diploid and tetraploid pollen	1.7x larger pollen	[17]