Agapetes macrantha
Taxonomy: Angiospermae, Ericales, Ericaceae, Agapetes
Published: 2016-12-04
Pollen Description
Shape, Size and Aperture
pollen unit: tetrad, dispersal unit and peculiarities: tetrad tetrahedral, size (pollen unit): large (51-100 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: tetrad, polarity: heteropolar, P/E-ratio: oblate, shape: -, outline in polar view: circular, dominant orientation (LM): -, P/E-ratio (dry pollen): -, shape (dry pollen): -, outline in polar view (dry pollen): -, infoldings (dry pollen): interapertural area sunken, aperture number: 3, aperture type: colporus, aperture condition: colporate, tricolporate, aperture peculiarities: -
Ornamentation and Structure
LM ornamentation LM: -, nexine: -, sexine: -, SEM ornamentation SEM: fossulate, perforate, psilate, microrugulate, suprasculpture SEM: -, TEM tectum: -, infratectum: -, foot layer: -, endexine: -, intine: -, wall peculiarities: -, supratectal element: -
Miscellaneous
pollen coatings: -, reserves in cytoplasm: -, cell number: -, Ubisch bodies: -
Annotations: 1 monad of tetrads aborted, thus forming pseudotriads, some pseudodyads as well; tenuitates in equatorial region
Author(s) of diagnosis: Halbritter, Heidemarie
Pictures
1. flower(s)
2. pseudotriads
3. pseudotriad
4. pseudotriad with aborted monad
5. pseudotriads
6. apertures
7. tenuitas
8. exine surface (polar area)
9. dry pseudotriads
Picture legend
- flower(s), photographer: Buchner, R.
- pseudotriads - fresh, rehydrated (water) & critical point dried & sputter coated with gold, photographer: Halbritter, H.
- pseudotriad - fresh, critical point dried & rehydrated (water) & sputter coated with gold, photographer: Halbritter, H.
- pseudotriad with aborted monad - fresh, rehydrated (water) & critical point dried & sputter coated with gold, photographer: Halbritter, H.
- pseudotriads - fresh, rehydrated (water) & critical point dried & sputter coated with gold, photographer: Halbritter, H.
- apertures - fresh, rehydrated (water) & critical point dried & sputter coated with gold, photographer: Halbritter, H.
- tenuitas - fresh, rehydrated (water) & critical point dried & sputter coated with gold, photographer: Halbritter, H.
- exine surface (polar area) - fresh, rehydrated (water) & critical point dried & sputter coated with gold, photographer: Halbritter, H.
- dry pseudotriads - 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
Copyright and Citation
Cite this publication as:
Halbritter H., Buchner R. 2016. Agapetes macrantha. In: PalDat - A palynological database. https://www.paldat.org/pub/Agapetes_macrantha/302689; accessed 2024-11-01