Acinos arvensis
Taxonomy: Angiospermae, Lamiales, Lamiaceae, Acinos
Published: 2016-03-01
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): -, 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: colpate, polarity: isopolar, P/E-ratio: oblate, shape: -, outline in polar view: elliptic, dominant orientation (LM): -, 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: colpate, hexacolpate, aperture peculiarities: aperture membrane ornamented, stephanoaperturate
Ornamentation and Structure
LM ornamentation LM: reticulate, nexine: -, sexine: -, SEM ornamentation SEM: reticulate, suprasculpture SEM: -, TEM tectum: -, infratectum: -, foot layer: -, endexine: -, intine: -, wall peculiarities: -, supratectal element: -
Miscellaneous
pollen coatings: pollenkitt, reserves in cytoplasm: starch, cell number: 3-celled, Ubisch bodies: absent
Annotations: ornamentation reticulate to microreticulate
Author(s) of diagnosis: Halbritter, Heidemarie; Ulrich, Silvia
Pictures
Picture legend
- flower(s), photographer: Halbritter, H.
- sperm cells - 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.
- pollenkitt and starch - dry, rehydrated (water), iodine, photographer: Ulrich, S.
- 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.
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:
Halbritter H., Ulrich S. 2016. Acinos arvensis. In: PalDat - A palynological database. https://www.paldat.org/pub/Acinos_arvensis/300517; accessed 2024-11-01