Alisma plantago-aquatica
Taxonomy: Angiospermae, Alismatales, Alismataceae, Alisma
Published: 2016-09-15
Pollen Description
Shape, Size and Aperture
pollen unit: monad, dispersal unit and peculiarities: monad, size (pollen unit): small (10-25 µm), pollen class: porate, polarity: -, shape: spheroidal, outline in polar view: circular, shape (dry pollen): polygonal, outline in polar view (dry pollen): polygonal, infoldings (dry pollen): aperture(s) sunken, aperture number: >6, aperture type: porus, aperture condition: porate, pantoporate, aperture peculiarities: aperture membrane ornamented, pantoaperturate
Ornamentation and Structure
LM ornamentation LM: -, nexine: -, sexine: -, SEM ornamentation SEM: microechinate, perforate, TEM tectum: -, infratectum: -, foot layer: -, endexine: -, intine: -, wall peculiarities: -
Miscellaneous
pollen coatings: -, reserves in cytoplasm: -, cell number: -, Ubisch bodies: -
Author(s) of diagnosis: Halbritter, HeidemariePictures
1. flower(s)
2. hydrated pollen grain
3. aperture
4. dry pollen grains
Picture legend
- flower(s), photographer: Halbritter, H.
- hydrated pollen grain - fresh, rehydrated (water) & critical point dried & sputter coated with gold, photographer: Halbritter, H.
- aperture - 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
- (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. 2016. Alisma plantago-aquatica. In: PalDat - A palynological database. https://www.paldat.org/pub/Alisma_plantago-aquatica/301394;jsessionid=423563A94637A1BB82347A3C17275295; accessed 2020-07-05