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Albizia saman

Taxonomy: Angiospermae, Fabales, Fabaceae, Albizia

Published: 2021-03-08

Pollen Description

Shape, Size and Aperture

pollen unit: polyad,  dispersal unit and peculiarities: polyad,  size (pollen unit): very large (>100 µm),  size of hydrated pollen (LM): 51-100 µm, >100 µm,  shortest polar axis in equatorial view (LM): -,  longest polar axis in equatorial view (LM): -,  shortest diameter in equatorial or polar view (LM): 51-100 µm,  longest diameter in equatorial or polar view (LM): >100 µm,  pollen class: polyad,  polarity: heteropolar,  P/E-ratio: -,  shape: -,  outline in polar view: -,  dominant orientation (LM): equatorial,  P/E-ratio (dry pollen): -,  shape (dry pollen): -,  outline in polar view (dry pollen): -,  infoldings (dry pollen): -,  aperture number: none,  aperture type: no aperture,  aperture condition: inaperturate,  aperture peculiarities: -

Ornamentation and Structure

LM  ornamentation LM: verrucate, scabrate, gemmate,  nexine: -,  sexine: -,  SEM  ornamentation SEM: psilate, fossulate,  suprasculpture SEM: -,  TEM  tectum: -,  infratectum: -,  foot layer: -,  endexine: -,  intine: -,  wall peculiarities: -,  supratectal element: -

Miscellaneous

pollen coatings: -,  reserves in cytoplasm: -,  cell number: -,  Ubisch bodies: present

Annotations: polyad of 32

Author(s) of diagnosis: Halbritter, Heidemarie; Auer, Waltraud

Pictures

inflorescence(s)

1. inflorescence(s)

hydrated pollen

2. hydrated pollen

hydrated pollen

3. hydrated pollen

hydrated pollen

4. hydrated pollen

polyad

5. polyad

close up of polyad

6. close up of polyad

close up of polyad

7. close up of polyad

exine surface

8. exine surface

Ubisch bodies on locule wall

9. Ubisch bodies on locule wall

Picture legend

  1. inflorescence(s), photographer: Weis, B.
  2. hydrated pollen - fresh, glycerine, unstained, photographer: Auer, W.
  3. hydrated pollen - fresh, glycerine, ruthenium red, photographer: Auer, W.
  4. hydrated pollen - fresh, glycerine, ruthenium red, photographer: Auer, W.
  5. polyad - dry, rehydrated (water) & critical point dried & sputter coated with gold, photographer: Halbritter, H.
  6. close up of polyad - dry, rehydrated (water) & critical point dried & sputter coated with gold, photographer: Halbritter, H.
  7. close up of polyad - dry, rehydrated (water) & critical point dried & sputter coated with gold, photographer: Halbritter, H.
  8. exine surface - dry, rehydrated (water) & critical point dried & sputter coated with gold, photographer: Halbritter, H.
  9. Ubisch bodies on locule wall - dry, rehydrated (water) & critical point dried & sputter coated with gold, photographer: Halbritter, H.

Literature

  • Halbritter, H (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., Weis B. 2021. Albizia saman. In: PalDat - A palynological database. https://www.paldat.org/pub/Albizia_saman/305557;jsessionid=8FB62DA879C8B447E0B68971CA119384; accessed 2024-04-23

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