Aesculus flava
Taxonomy: Angiospermae, Sapindales, Sapindaceae, Aesculus
Published: 2016-11-29
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: colporate, polarity: isopolar, P/E-ratio: -, shape: spheroidal, outline in polar view: circular, dominant orientation (LM): -, 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: aperture membrane ornamented
Ornamentation and Structure
LM ornamentation LM: -, nexine: -, sexine: -, SEM ornamentation SEM: striato-reticulate, suprasculpture SEM: -, TEM tectum: -, infratectum: -, foot layer: -, endexine: -, intine: -, wall peculiarities: -, supratectal element: -
Miscellaneous
pollen coatings: -, reserves in cytoplasm: -, cell number: -, Ubisch bodies: -
Author(s) of diagnosis: Halbritter, Heidemarie
Pictures
1. flower(s)
2. polar view
3. equatorial view
4. detail of aperture
5. exine surface
6. polar area
7. dry pollen grains
Picture legend
- flower(s), photographer: Halbritter, H.
- 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
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- (1998) Preparing living pollen material for scanning electron microscopy using 2,2-dimethoxypropane (DMP) and criticalpoint drying. Biotechnic Histochem 73: 137–143
- (1963) The genera of Sapindales in the southeastern United States. J Arn Arb 44: 462-501
- (1992) Atlas palinologico del nordeste Argentina. I. Amaranthaceae, Anacardiaceae, Apocynaceae, Araliaceae y Sapindaceae. D'Orbignyana 7: 75 pp
- (1982) Alangiaceae, Burseraceae, Capparidaceae, Caprifoliaceae, Cercidiphyllaceae, Elatinaceae, Hippocrateaceae, Loranthaceae, Myoporaceae, Nymphaceaceae, Pedaliaceae, Proteaceae, Rhizophoraceae, Sapindaceae, Sapotaceae, Araceae. In: Angiosperm flora of tropic and subtropic China. Inst Bot South China : 18-20, 67-68, 77-84, 92, 125, 180, 192-196, 230, 246-248, 291-292, 299-304, 339-351, 402-405
Copyright and Citation
Cite this publication as:
Halbritter H. 2016. Aesculus flava. In: PalDat - A palynological database. https://www.paldat.org/pub/Aesculus_flava/302361; accessed 2024-11-01