Agastache mexicana
Taxonomy: Angiospermae, Lamiales, Lamiaceae, Agastache
Published: 2021-03-22
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): 31-35 µm, 36-40 µm, shortest polar axis in equatorial view (LM): 26-30 µm, longest polar axis in equatorial view (LM): -, shortest diameter in equatorial or polar view (LM): 31-35 µm, longest diameter in equatorial or polar view (LM): 31-35 µm, pollen class: colpate, polarity: isopolar, P/E-ratio: oblate, shape: -, outline in polar view: elliptic, dominant orientation (LM): polar, 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: hexacolpate, colpate, stephanocolpate, aperture peculiarities: aperture membrane ornamented
Ornamentation and Structure
LM ornamentation LM: reticulate, nexine: -, sexine: -, SEM ornamentation SEM: reticulate, bireticulate, microreticulate, suprasculpture SEM: -, TEM tectum: -, infratectum: -, foot layer: -, endexine: -, intine: -, wall peculiarities: -, supratectal element: -
Miscellaneous
pollen coatings: -, reserves in cytoplasm: -, cell number: -, Ubisch bodies: absent
Author(s) of diagnosis: Halbritter, Heidemarie; Auer, Waltraud
Pictures
Picture legend
- hydrated pollen - fresh, glycerine, unstained, photographer: Auer, W.
- hydrated pollen - fresh, glycerine, ruthenium red, photographer: Auer, W.
- hydrated pollen - fresh, glycerine, ruthenium red, photographer: Auer, W.
- 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 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.
- 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, 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., Auer W. 2021. Agastache mexicana. In: PalDat - A palynological database. https://www.paldat.org/pub/Agastache_mexicana/305714; accessed 2024-10-31