Alliaria petiolata
Taxonomy: Angiospermae, Brassicales, Brassicaceae, Alliaria
Links: http://flora.nhm-wien.ac.at/Seiten-Arten/Alliaria-petiolata.htm
Published: 2020-11-18
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): 21-25 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: colpate, polarity: isopolar, P/E-ratio: prolate, shape: -, 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: colpus, aperture condition: colpate, tricolpate, aperture peculiarities: aperture membrane ornamented
Ornamentation and Structure
LM ornamentation LM: reticulate, nexine: -, sexine: -, SEM ornamentation SEM: reticulate, suprasculpture SEM: -, TEM tectum: semitectate, infratectum: columellate, foot layer: discontinuous, endexine: compact-continuous, intine: monolayered, wall peculiarities: -, supratectal element: -
Miscellaneous
pollen coatings: tryphine, reserves in cytoplasm: -, cell number: 3-celled, Ubisch bodies: absent
Annotations: endexine very thin
Author(s) of diagnosis: Bombosi, Paula; Heigl, Helmut
Pictures
Picture legend
- flower(s), photographer: Bombosi, P.
- flower(s), photographer: Svojtka, M.
- polar view, upper focus - dry, acetolyzed, unstained, photographer: Bombosi, P.
- optical section - dry, acetolyzed, unstained, photographer: Bombosi, P.
- polar view, lower focus - dry, acetolyzed, unstained, photographer: Bombosi, P.
- pollen grain with sperm cells (arrows) - fixed, glutaraldehyde, aceto-carmine, photographer: Bombosi, P.
- 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: Bombosi, P.
- equatorial view - fresh, rehydrated (water) & critical point dried & sputter coated with gold, photographer: Bombosi, P.
- detail of aperture - fresh, rehydrated (water) & critical point dried & sputter coated with gold, photographer: Bombosi, P.
- exine surface - fresh, rehydrated (water) & critical point dried & sputter coated with gold, photographer: Bombosi, P.
- polar view (dry pollen grain) - dry, sputter coated with gold, photographer: Bombosi, P.
- dry pollen grain in equatorial view - dry, sputter coated with gold, photographer: Bombosi, P.
- pollen grain in cross section - fresh, glutaraldehyde & osmium & potassium ferrocyanide, uranyl acetate & lead citrate, photographer: Bombosi, P.
- interapertural area of pollen wall, intine (I), endexine (E) - fresh, glutaraldehyde & osmium & potassium ferrocyanide, uranyl acetate & lead citrate, photographer: Bombosi, P.
- apertural area of pollen wall, intine (I), endexine (E) - fresh, glutaraldehyde & osmium & potassium ferrocyanide, uranyl acetate & lead citrate, photographer: Bombosi, P.
Literature
- (1994) Exkursionsflora von Österreich : 1180
- (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:
Bombosi P., Heigl H., Svojtka M. 2020. Alliaria petiolata. In: PalDat - A palynological database. https://www.paldat.org/pub/Alliaria_petiolata/303928; accessed 2024-11-01