Allium oleraceum
Taxonomy: Angiospermae, Asparagales, Amaryllidaceae, Allium
Links: http://flora.nhm-wien.ac.at/Seiten-Arten/Allium-oleraceum.htm
Published: 2021-05-31
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): 31-35 µm, longest polar axis in equatorial view (LM): -, shortest diameter in equatorial or polar view (LM): -, longest diameter in equatorial or polar view (LM): 36-40 µm, pollen class: sulcate, polarity: heteropolar, P/E-ratio: oblate, shape: -, outline in polar view: elliptic, dominant orientation (LM): equatorial, P/E-ratio (dry pollen): -, shape (dry pollen): boat-shaped, outline in polar view (dry pollen): no suitable term, infoldings (dry pollen): aperture(s) sunken, aperture number: 1, aperture type: sulcus, aperture condition: sulcate, aperture peculiarities: -
Ornamentation and Structure
LM ornamentation LM: scabrate, reticulate, nexine: -, sexine: -, SEM ornamentation SEM: striato-microreticulate, suprasculpture SEM: -, TEM tectum: -, infratectum: -, foot layer: -, endexine: -, intine: -, wall peculiarities: -, supratectal element: -
Miscellaneous
pollen coatings: -, reserves in cytoplasm: -, cell number: -, Ubisch bodies: -
Author(s) of diagnosis: Halbritter, Heidemarie; Heigl, Helmut; Auer, Waltraud
Pictures
Picture legend
- flower(s), photographer: Halbritter, H.
- 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 (distal) - fresh, rehydrated (water) & critical point dried & sputter coated with gold, photographer: Halbritter, H.
- polar view (proximal) - fresh, rehydrated (water) & critical point dried & sputter coated with gold, photographer: Halbritter, H.
- equatorial view - fresh, rehydrated (water) & critical point dried & sputter coated with gold, photographer: Halbritter, H.
- detail of aperture - fresh, rehydrated (water) & critical point dried & sputter coated with gold, photographer: Halbritter, H.
- exine surface - 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
- (2008) A new species of Allium (Alliaceae) from Dalmatia, Croatia Botanical Journal of the Linnean Society 158: 106-114
- (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., Heigl H., Auer W. 2021. Allium oleraceum. In: PalDat - A palynological database. https://www.paldat.org/pub/Allium_oleraceum/306062; accessed 2024-11-01