Acinos alpinus
Taxonomy: Angiospermae, Lamiales, Lamiaceae, Acinos
Links: https://flora.nhm-wien.ac.at/Seiten-Arten/Clinopodium-alpinum.htm
Annotations: Acinos alpinus is a Synonym from Clinopodium alpinum
Published: 2022-04-26
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, 26-30 µm, shortest polar axis in equatorial view (LM): 31-35 µm, longest polar axis in equatorial view (LM): 31-35 µm, shortest diameter in equatorial or polar view (LM): 36-40 µm, longest diameter in equatorial or polar view (LM): 36-40 µm, pollen class: colpate, polarity: isopolar, P/E-ratio: oblate, shape: -, outline in polar view: elliptic, dominant orientation (LM): polar, P/E-ratio (dry pollen): prolate, shape (dry pollen): -, outline in polar view (dry pollen): elliptic, infoldings (dry pollen): aperture(s) sunken, aperture number: 6, aperture type: colpus, aperture condition: hexacolpate, colpate, aperture peculiarities: stephanoaperturate, aperture membrane ornamented
Ornamentation and Structure
LM ornamentation LM: reticulate, nexine: -, sexine: -, SEM ornamentation SEM: reticulate, suprasculpture SEM: -, TEM tectum: semitectate, infratectum: columellate, foot layer: discontinuous, endexine: in aperture only, intine: monolayered, wall peculiarities: -, supratectal element: -
Miscellaneous
pollen coatings: pollenkitt, reserves in cytoplasm: starch, cell number: 3-celled, Ubisch bodies: absent
Annotations: in some pollen grains crystalline inclusions in the vegetative nucleus were found
Author(s) of diagnosis: Ulrich, Silvia; Heigl, Helmut; Auer, Waltraud
Pictures
1. flowers of Acinos alpinus
2. pollen grain with two sperm cells and vegetative nucleus
3. upper focus
4. optical section
5. lower focus
6. polar view
7. equatorial view
8. starch
9. starch and pollenkitt
10. hydrated pollen, polar view
11. hydrated pollen, polar view
12. hydrated pollen, equatorial view
13. hydrated pollen, equatorial view
14. hydrated pollen, polar view
15. hydrated pollen, polar view
16. hydrated pollen, equatorial view
17. polar view
18. equatorial view
19. polar area
20. detail of aperture
21. exine surface
22. exine surface
23. dry pollen grains
24. dry pollen grains
25. pollen grain in cross section
26. pollen wall at transition of aperture and interapertural area
27. pollen wall at transition of aperture and interapertural area
28. pollen wall; aperture area
29. pollen wall; interapertural area
30. pollen wall; interapertural area
31. pollen wall; interapertural area
32. vegetative nucleus with nucleolus
33. sperm cell
34. sperm cell (left) and vegetative nucleus with crystalline inclusions (protein bodies)
35. detail of crystalline inclusions (protein bodies) in the vegetative nucleus
36. vegetative cytoplasm with organells
Picture legend
- flowers of Acinos alpinus, photographer: Ulrich, S.
- pollen grain with two sperm cells and vegetative nucleus - dry, rehydrated (water), aceto-carmine, photographer: Ulrich, S.
- upper focus - dry, acetolyzed, unstained, photographer: Ulrich, S.
- optical section - dry, acetolyzed, unstained, photographer: Ulrich, S.
- lower focus - dry, acetolyzed, unstained, photographer: Ulrich, S.
- polar view - dry, rehydrated (water), unstained, photographer: Ulrich, S.
- equatorial view - dry, rehydrated (water), unstained, photographer: Ulrich, S.
- starch - dry, rehydrated (water), iodine, photographer: Ulrich, S.
- starch and pollenkitt - dry, rehydrated (water), iodine, photographer: Ulrich, S.
- hydrated pollen, polar view - fresh, glycerine, unstained, photographer: Auer, W.
- hydrated pollen, polar view - fresh, glycerine, unstained, photographer: Auer, W.
- hydrated pollen, equatorial view - fresh, glycerine, unstained, photographer: Auer, W.
- hydrated pollen, equatorial view - fresh, glycerine, unstained, photographer: Auer, W.
- hydrated pollen, polar view - fresh, glycerine, ruthenium red, photographer: Auer, W.
- hydrated pollen, polar view - fresh, glycerine, ruthenium red, photographer: Auer, W.
- hydrated pollen, equatorial view - fresh, glycerine, ruthenium red, photographer: Auer, W.
- polar view - fresh, DMP & critical point dried & sputter coated with gold, photographer: Ulrich, S.
- equatorial view - fresh, DMP & critical point dried & sputter coated with gold, photographer: Ulrich, S.
- polar area - fresh, DMP & critical point dried & sputter coated with gold, photographer: Ulrich, S.
- detail of aperture - fresh, DMP & critical point dried & sputter coated with gold, photographer: Ulrich, S.
- exine surface - fresh, DMP & critical point dried & sputter coated with gold, photographer: Ulrich, S.
- exine surface - fresh, DMP & critical point dried & sputter coated with gold, photographer: Ulrich, S.
- dry pollen grains - dry, sputter coated with gold, photographer: Ulrich, S.
- dry pollen grains - dry, sputter coated with gold, photographer: Ulrich, S.
- pollen grain in cross section - fresh, glutaraldehyde & osmium & potassium ferrocyanide, modified Thiéry-test, photographer: Ulrich, S.
- pollen wall at transition of aperture and interapertural area - fresh, glutaraldehyde & osmium & potassium ferrocyanide, uranyl acetate & lead citrate, photographer: Ulrich, S.
- pollen wall at transition of aperture and interapertural area - fresh, glutaraldehyde & osmium & potassium ferrocyanide, modified Thiéry-test, photographer: Ulrich, S.
- pollen wall; aperture area - fresh, glutaraldehyde & osmium & potassium ferrocyanide, potassium permanganate, photographer: Ulrich, S.
- pollen wall; interapertural area - fresh, glutaraldehyde & osmium & potassium ferrocyanide, potassium permanganate, photographer: Ulrich, S.
- pollen wall; interapertural area - fresh, glutaraldehyde & osmium & potassium ferrocyanide, uranyl acetate & lead citrate, photographer: Ulrich, S.
- pollen wall; interapertural area - fresh, glutaraldehyde & osmium & potassium ferrocyanide, modified Thiéry-test, photographer: Ulrich, S.
- vegetative nucleus with nucleolus - fresh, glutaraldehyde & osmium & potassium ferrocyanide, modified Thiéry-test, photographer: Ulrich, S.
- sperm cell - fresh, glutaraldehyde & osmium & potassium ferrocyanide, modified Thiéry-test, photographer: Ulrich, S.
- sperm cell (left) and vegetative nucleus with crystalline inclusions (protein bodies) - fresh, glutaraldehyde & osmium & potassium ferrocyanide, uranyl acetate & lead citrate, photographer: Ulrich, S.
- detail of crystalline inclusions (protein bodies) in the vegetative nucleus - fresh, glutaraldehyde & osmium & potassium ferrocyanide, uranyl acetate & lead citrate, photographer: Ulrich, S.
- vegetative cytoplasm with organells - fresh, glutaraldehyde & osmium & potassium ferrocyanide, modified Thiéry-test, photographer: Ulrich, S.
Literature
- (1998) Preparing living pollen material for scanning electron microscopy using 2,2-dimethoxypropane (DMP) and criticalpoint drying. Biotechnic Histochem 73: 137–143
- (2005) Exkursionsflora für Österreich, Liechtenstein und Südtirol : 1180
Copyright and Citation
Cite this publication as:
Ulrich S., Heigl H., Auer W. 2022. Acinos alpinus. In: PalDat - A palynological database. https://www.paldat.org/pub/Acinos_alpinus/306529; accessed 2024-11-01