Ailanthus altissima
Taxonomy: Angiospermae, Sapindales, Simaroubaceae, Ailanthus
Links: http://flora.nhm-wien.ac.at/Seiten-Arten/Ailanthus-altissima.htm
Published: 2020-11-30
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): 26-30 µm, shortest polar axis in equatorial view (LM): 21-25 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: -, 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: -
Ornamentation and Structure
LM ornamentation LM: striato-reticulate, nexine: -, sexine: -, SEM ornamentation SEM: striato-reticulate, suprasculpture SEM: -, TEM tectum: semitectate, infratectum: columellate, foot layer: absent, endexine: compact-continuous, intine: bilayered, wall peculiarities: -, supratectal element: -
Miscellaneous
pollen coatings: pollenkitt, reserves in cytoplasm: starch, cell number: 2-celled, Ubisch bodies: absent
Author(s) of diagnosis: Diethart, Bernadette; Heigl, Helmut
Pictures
Picture legend
- flower(s), photographer: Diethart, B.
- detail of flower(s), photographer: Diethart, B.
- pollen grain with generative cell - dry, unfixed & rehydrated (water), aceto-carmine, photographer: Diethart, B.
- upper focus - dry, acetolyzed, unstained, photographer: Diethart, B.
- optical section - dry, acetolyzed, unstained, photographer: Diethart, B.
- lower focus - dry, acetolyzed, unstained, photographer: Diethart, B.
- 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.
- polar view - fresh, rehydrated (water) & critical point dried & sputter coated with gold, photographer: Diethart, B.
- equatorial view - fresh, rehydrated (water) & critical point dried & sputter coated with gold, photographer: Diethart, B.
- equatorial view - fresh, rehydrated (water) & critical point dried & sputter coated with gold, photographer: Diethart, B.
- detail of aperture - fresh, rehydrated (water) & critical point dried & sputter coated with gold, photographer: Diethart, B.
- detail of aperture - fresh, rehydrated (water) & critical point dried & sputter coated with gold, photographer: Diethart, B.
- exine surface - fresh, rehydrated (water) & critical point dried & sputter coated with gold, photographer: Diethart, B.
- dry pollen grains - dry, sputter coated with gold, photographer: Diethart, B.
- polar view (dry pollen grain) - dry, sputter coated with gold, photographer: Diethart, B.
- dry pollen grain in equatorial view - dry, sputter coated with gold, photographer: Diethart, B.
- interapertural area of pollen wall - fresh, glutaraldehyde & osmium & potassium ferrocyanide, lipid-test, photographer: Diethart, B.
- apertural area of pollen wall - fresh, glutaraldehyde & osmium & potassium ferrocyanide, uranyl acetate & lead citrate, photographer: Diethart, B.
- pollen wall at transition of aperture and interapertural area - fresh, glutaraldehyde & osmium & potassium ferrocyanide, uranyl acetate & lead citrate, photographer: Diethart, B.
Literature
- (1998) Preparing living pollen material for scanning electron microscopy using 2,2-dimethoxypropane (DMP) and criticalpoint drying. Biotechnic Histochem 73: 137–143
- (1994) Exkursionsflora von Österreich : 1180
Copyright and Citation
Cite this publication as:
Diethart B., Heigl H. 2020. Ailanthus altissima. In: PalDat - A palynological database. https://www.paldat.org/pub/Ailanthus_altissima/304167; accessed 2024-11-01