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
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 2024-11-01