Adoxa moschatellina
Taxonomy: Angiospermae, Dipsacales, Adoxaceae, Adoxa
Links: http://flora.nhm-wien.ac.at/Seiten-Familien/Adoxaceae.htm
Published: 2021-08-01
Pollen Description
Shape, Size and Aperture
pollen unit: monad, dispersal unit and peculiarities: monad, size (pollen unit): small (10-25 µm), size of hydrated pollen (LM): 21-25 µm, shortest polar axis in equatorial view (LM): 16-20 µm, longest polar axis in equatorial view (LM): 21-25 µm, shortest diameter in equatorial or polar view (LM): 21-25 µm, longest diameter in equatorial or polar view (LM): 21-25 µm, pollen class: colporate, polarity: isopolar, P/E-ratio: isodiametric, 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: colporus, aperture condition: colporate, tricolporate, aperture peculiarities: margo, aperture membrane ornamented
Ornamentation and Structure
LM ornamentation LM: reticulate, nexine: -, sexine: -, SEM ornamentation SEM: reticulate, heterobrochate, free-standing columellae, suprasculpture SEM: -, TEM tectum: -, infratectum: -, foot layer: -, endexine: -, intine: -, wall peculiarities: -, supratectal element: -
Miscellaneous
pollen coatings: -, reserves in cytoplasm: -, cell number: -, Ubisch bodies: -
Annotations: existence of Ubisch bodies questionable
Author(s) of diagnosis: Heigl, Helmut; Halbritter, Heidemarie
Pictures
1. habitus
2. flower(s)
3. hydrated pollen
4. hydrated pollen
5. hydrated pollen
6. hydrated pollen
7. polar view
8. equatorial view
9. oblique view
10. aperture
11. aperture
12. exine surface
13. polar area
14. dry pollen
15. locule wall
Picture legend
- habitus, photographer: Svojtka, M.
- flower(s), photographer: Svojtka, M.
- 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.
- hydrated pollen - dry, rehydrated (water) & critical point dried & sputter coated with gold, photographer: Halbritter, H.
- polar view - dry, rehydrated (water) & critical point dried & sputter coated with gold, photographer: Halbritter, H.
- equatorial view - dry, rehydrated (water) & critical point dried & sputter coated with gold, photographer: Halbritter, H.
- oblique view - dry, rehydrated (water) & critical point dried & sputter coated with gold, photographer: Halbritter, H.
- aperture - dry, rehydrated (water) & critical point dried & sputter coated with gold, photographer: Halbritter, H.
- aperture - dry, rehydrated (water) & critical point dried & sputter coated with gold, photographer: Halbritter, H.
- exine surface - dry, rehydrated (water) & critical point dried & sputter coated with gold, photographer: Halbritter, H.
- polar area - dry, rehydrated (water) & critical point dried & sputter coated with gold, photographer: Halbritter, H.
- dry pollen - dry, rehydrated (water), photographer: Halbritter, H.
- locule wall - dry, rehydrated (water) & critical point dried & 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:
Heigl H., Halbritter H., Svojtka M. 2021. Adoxa moschatellina. In: PalDat - A palynological database. https://www.paldat.org/pub/Adoxa_moschatellina/306430; accessed 2024-11-10