Acacia myrtifolia
Taxonomy: Angiospermae, Fabales, Fabaceae, Acacia
Published: 2016-12-29
Pollen Description
Shape, Size and Aperture
pollen unit: polyad, dispersal unit and peculiarities: polyad, size (pollen unit): medium-sized (26-50 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: polyad, polarity: heteropolar, P/E-ratio: -, shape: -, outline in polar view: -, dominant orientation (LM): -, P/E-ratio (dry pollen): -, shape (dry pollen): -, outline in polar view (dry pollen): -, infoldings (dry pollen): -, aperture number: none, aperture type: no aperture, aperture condition: inaperturate, aperture peculiarities: -
Ornamentation and Structure
LM ornamentation LM: -, nexine: -, sexine: -, SEM ornamentation SEM: psilate, suprasculpture SEM: -, TEM tectum: -, infratectum: -, foot layer: -, endexine: -, intine: -, wall peculiarities: -, supratectal element: -
Miscellaneous
pollen coatings: -, reserves in cytoplasm: -, cell number: -, Ubisch bodies: -
Annotations: flat polyads formed by 8 pollen grains; the 6 outer grains with one, the 2 central grains with two ringlike depressions (apertures?)
Author(s) of diagnosis: Halbritter, Heidemarie
Pictures
Picture legend
- hydrated polyad - fresh, rehydrated (water) & critical point dried & sputter coated with gold, photographer: Halbritter, H.
- hydrated polyad - 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.
- dry polyads - dry, sputter coated with gold, photographer: Halbritter, H.
- dry polyad - dry, sputter coated with gold, photographer: Halbritter, H.
- dry polyad - dry, sputter coated with gold, photographer: Halbritter, H.
- exine surface of 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. Acacia myrtifolia. In: PalDat - A palynological database. https://www.paldat.org/pub/Acacia_myrtifolia/302901; accessed 2024-10-31