Abies concolor
Taxonomy: Gymnospermae, Pinales, Pinaceae, Abies
Published: 2016-03-15
Pollen Description
Shape, Size and Aperture
pollen unit: monad, dispersal unit and peculiarities: monad, size (pollen unit): large (51-100 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: -, shape: bisaccate, outline in polar view: elliptic, dominant orientation (LM): -, P/E-ratio (dry pollen): -, shape (dry pollen): no suitable term, outline in polar view (dry pollen): no suitable term, 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, suprasculpture SEM: -, TEM tectum: -, infratectum: -, foot layer: -, endexine: -, intine: -, wall peculiarities: saccus, impression mark, supratectal element: -
Miscellaneous
pollen coatings: -, reserves in cytoplasm: -, cell number: -, Ubisch bodies: -
Annotations: trisaccate pollen grains occur as well
Author(s) of diagnosis: Halbritter, Heidemarie
Pictures
1. aspect
2. male cone(s)
3. polar distal view
4. polar distal view (3-saccate grain)
5. equatorial view
6. oblique view
7. leptoma
8. detail of leptoma
9. exine surface
10. dry pollen grains
Picture legend
- aspect, photographer: Halbritter, H.
- male cone(s), photographer: Halbritter, H.
- polar distal view - fresh, rehydration (water) & critical point dried & sputter coated with gold, photographer: Halbritter, H.
- polar distal view (3-saccate grain) - fresh, rehydration (water) & critical point dried & sputter coated with gold, photographer: Halbritter, H.
- equatorial view - fresh, rehydration (water) & critical point dried & sputter coated with gold, photographer: Halbritter, H.
- oblique view - fresh, rehydration (water) & critical point dried & sputter coated with gold, photographer: Halbritter, H.
- leptoma - fresh, rehydration (water) & critical point dried & sputter coated with gold, photographer: Halbritter, H.
- detail of leptoma - fresh, rehydration (water) & critical point dried & sputter coated with gold, photographer: Halbritter, H.
- exine surface - fresh, rehydration (water) & critical point dried & sputter coated with gold, photographer: Halbritter, H.
- dry pollen grains - dry, sputter coated with gold, photographer: Halbritter, H.
Literature
- (1998) Preparing living pollen material for scanning electron microscopy using 2,2-dimethoxypropane (DMP) and criticalpoint drying. Biotechnic Histochem 73: 137–143
Copyright and Citation
Cite this publication as:
Halbritter H. 2016. Abies concolor. In: PalDat - A palynological database. https://www.paldat.org/pub/Abies_concolor/300647;jsessionid=00C74A8E5A52CC5F46747DBE67DEC74B; accessed 2024-04-19