Allium scorodoprasum
Taxonomy: Angiospermae, Asparagales, Amaryllidaceae, Allium
Links: http://flora.nhm-wien.ac.at/Seiten-Arten/Allium-scorodoprasum.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): 21-25 µm, 26-30 µm, shortest polar axis in equatorial view (LM): 21-25 µm, longest polar axis in equatorial view (LM): -, shortest diameter in equatorial or polar view (LM): -, longest diameter in equatorial or polar view (LM): 26-30 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: reticulate, nexine: -, sexine: -, SEM ornamentation SEM: microreticulate, suprasculpture SEM: -, TEM tectum: -, infratectum: -, foot layer: -, endexine: -, intine: -, wall peculiarities: -, supratectal element: -
Miscellaneous
pollen coatings: -, reserves in cytoplasm: -, cell number: -, Ubisch bodies: -
Annotations: ornamentation microreticulate to striato-microreticulate
Author(s) of diagnosis: Halbritter, Heidemarie; Auer, Waltraud
Pictures
1. inflorescence(s)
2. hydrated pollen
3. hydrated pollen
4. hydrated pollen
5. polar distal view
6. polar proximal view
7. detail of sulcus
8. exine surface
9. exine surface
10. dry pollen grains
Picture legend
- inflorescence(s), photographer: Svojtka, M.
- hydrated pollen - fresh, glycerine, unstained, photographer: Auer, W.
- hydrated pollen - fresh, glycerine, ruthenium red, photographer: Auer, W.
- hydrated pollen - fresh, glycerine, ruthenium red, photographer: Auer, W.
- polar distal view - fresh, rehydration (water) & critical point dried & sputter coated with gold, photographer: Halbritter, H.
- polar proximal view - fresh, rehydration (water) & critical point dried & sputter coated with gold, photographer: Halbritter, H.
- detail of sulcus - fresh, rehydration (water) & critical point dried & sputter coated with gold, photographer: Halbritter, H.
- exine surface - fresh, rehydration (water) & critical point dried & sputter coated with gold, photographer: Halbritter, H.
- exine surface - fresh, rehydration (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., Auer W., Svojtka M. 2021. Allium scorodoprasum. In: PalDat - A palynological database. https://www.paldat.org/pub/Allium_scorodoprasum/306065; accessed 2024-11-10