All main types of pollen grains in Rosaceae seem to be variations of the same theme: a tricolporate pollen, with or without operculum. In most cases the exine sculpture is the best feature for classification; and combined with other characteristics, it is possible to separate some species earlier considered undistinguishable.
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Fr⊘ydis Eide (1981) studied this question.
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