Abies cephalonica
Taxonomy: Gymnospermae, Pinales, Pinaceae, Abies
Published: 2015-04-13
Pollen Description
Shape, Size and Aperture
pollen unit: monad, dispersal unit and peculiarities: monad, size (pollen unit): very large (>100 µm), size of hydrated pollen (LM): -, shortest polar axis in equatorial view (LM): -, longest polar axis in equatorial view (LM): -, shortest diameter in equatorial or polar view (LM): -, longest diameter in equatorial or polar view (LM): -, pollen class: saccate, polarity: heteropolar, P/E-ratio: oblate, shape: -, outline in polar view: no suitable term, dominant orientation (LM): -, P/E-ratio (dry pollen): isodiametric, shape (dry pollen): -, outline in polar view (dry pollen): circular, infoldings (dry pollen): aperture(s) sunken, aperture number: 1, aperture type: leptoma, aperture condition: -, aperture peculiarities: -
Ornamentation and Structure
LM ornamentation LM: -, nexine: -, sexine: -, SEM ornamentation SEM: perforate, psilate, verrucate, suprasculpture SEM: -, TEM tectum: eutectate, infratectum: -, foot layer: -, endexine: -, intine: -, wall peculiarities: saccus, impression mark, supratectal element: -
Miscellaneous
pollen coatings: absent, reserves in cytoplasm: -, cell number: -, Ubisch bodies: -
Annotations: pollen grains bisaccate, more or less distinct Y-shaped impression mark on proximal face
Author(s) of diagnosis: Halbritter, Heidemarie
Pictures
Picture legend
- male cone(s), photographer: Halbritter, H.
- polar distal view - fresh, rehydrated (water) & critical point dried & sputter coated with gold, photographer: Halbritter, H.
- polar proximal view, impression mark - fresh, rehydrated (water) & critical point dried & sputter coated with gold, photographer: Halbritter, H.
- equatorial view - fresh, rehydrated (water) & critical point dried & sputter coated with gold, photographer: Halbritter, H.
- aperture (leptoma) - fresh, rehydrated (water) & critical point dried & sputter coated with gold, photographer: Halbritter, H.
- exine surface - fresh, rehydrated (water) & critical point dried & sputter coated with gold, photographer: Halbritter, H.
- exine surface (saccus) - fresh, rehydrated (water) & critical point dried & sputter coated with gold, photographer: Halbritter, H.
- dry pollen - dry, sputter coated with gold, photographer: Halbritter, H.
Literature
Copyright and Citation
Cite this publication as:
Halbritter H. 2015. Abies cephalonica. In: PalDat - A palynological database. https://www.paldat.org/pub/Abies_cephalonica/300056; accessed 2024-10-31