Abstract
The suggestions that in the Lamiaceae 6-colpate pollen grains originate from 3-colpate ones and that this transition is connected with the transition from two-celled to three-celled male gametophytes have not been confirmed. 6-colpate pollen grains of the genus Prostanthera are reported to be two-celled. It means that similar forms of 6-colpate pollen in systematic groups of Lamiaceae with two- and three-celled gametophytes originate independently.