Acer campestre
Taxonomy: Angiospermae, Sapindales, Sapindaceae, Acer
Links: http://flora.nhm-wien.ac.at/Seiten-Arten/Acer-campestre.htm
Published: 2022-11-28
Pollen Description
Shape, Size and Aperture
pollen unit: monad, dispersal unit and peculiarities: monad, size (pollen unit): medium-sized (26-50 µm), size of hydrated pollen (LM): 36-40 µm, shortest polar axis in equatorial view (LM): 21-25 µm, longest polar axis in equatorial view (LM): 26-30 µm, shortest diameter in equatorial or polar view (LM): 31-35 µm, longest diameter in equatorial or polar view (LM): 31-35 µm, pollen class: colpate, polarity: isopolar, P/E-ratio: -, shape: spheroidal, outline in polar view: circular, dominant orientation (LM): oblique, P/E-ratio (dry pollen): prolate, shape (dry pollen): -, outline in polar view (dry pollen): lobate, infoldings (dry pollen): aperture(s) sunken, aperture number: 3, aperture type: colpus, aperture condition: tricolpate, colpate, aperture peculiarities: -
Ornamentation and Structure
LM ornamentation LM: striate, rugulate, nexine: -, sexine: -, SEM ornamentation SEM: perforate, striate, suprasculpture SEM: -, TEM tectum: semitectate, infratectum: columellate, foot layer: absent, endexine: compact-continuous, intine: monolayered, wall peculiarities: -, supratectal element: -
Miscellaneous
pollen coatings: -, reserves in cytoplasm: -, cell number: -, Ubisch bodies: -
Author(s) of diagnosis: Hesse, Michael; Halbritter, Heidemarie; Heigl, Helmut; Auer, Waltraud; Gastaldi, Cristina
Pictures
1. hydrated pollen
2. hydrated pollen
3. hydrated pollen
4. acetolyzed pollen, polar view
5. acetolyzed pollen, polar view
6. acetolyzed pollen, polar view
7. acetolyzed pollen, polar view
8. acetolyzed pollen, equatorial view
9. acetolyzed pollen, equatorial view
10. polar view
11. equatorial view
12. detail of aperture
13. exine surface
14. polar area
15. dry pollen grains
16. pollen wall stratification next to aperture (left)
17. detail of pollen wall next to the aperture (left)
Picture legend
- hydrated pollen - fresh, glycerine, unstained, photographer: Heigl, H.
- hydrated pollen - fresh, glycerine, ruthenium red, photographer: Heigl, H.
- hydrated pollen - fresh, glycerine, ruthenium red, photographer: Heigl, H.
- acetolyzed pollen, polar view - dry, acetolyzed, unstained, photographer: Gastaldi, C.
- acetolyzed pollen, polar view - dry, acetolyzed, unstained, photographer: Gastaldi, C.
- acetolyzed pollen, polar view - dry, acetolyzed, unstained, photographer: Gastaldi, C.
- acetolyzed pollen, polar view - dry, acetolyzed, unstained, photographer: Gastaldi, C.
- acetolyzed pollen, equatorial view - dry, acetolyzed, unstained, photographer: Gastaldi, C.
- acetolyzed pollen, equatorial view - dry, acetolyzed, unstained, photographer: Gastaldi, C.
- polar view - 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.
- detail of aperture - 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.
- polar area - fresh, rehydrated (water) & critical point dried & sputter coated with gold, photographer: Halbritter, H.
- dry pollen grains - dry, sputter coated with gold, photographer: Halbritter, H.
- pollen wall stratification next to aperture (left) - fresh, glutaraldehyde & osmium, uranyl acetate & lead citrate, photographer: Hesse, M.
- detail of pollen wall next to the aperture (left) - fresh, glutaraldehyde & osmium, uranyl acetate & lead citrate, photographer: Hesse, M.
Literature
- (1998) Preparing living pollen material for scanning electron microscopy using 2,2-dimethoxypropane (DMP) and criticalpoint drying. Biotechnic Histochem 73: 137–143
- (1992) Pollen et spores d'Europe et d'Afrique du Nord. Laboratoire de Botanique historique et Palynologie, Marseille : 520 pp, 446 pl
- (2014) Flora Gallica
Copyright and Citation
Cite this publication as:
Hesse M., Halbritter H., Heigl H., Auer W., Gastaldi C. 2022. Acer campestre. In: PalDat - A palynological database. https://www.paldat.org/pub/Acer_campestre/306535; accessed 2024-11-01