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Alnus incana

Taxonomy: Angiospermae, Fagales, Betulaceae, Alnus

Links: http://flora.nhm-wien.ac.at/Seiten-Arten/Alnus-incana.htm

Published: 2020-08-03

Pollen Description

Shape, Size and Aperture

pollen unit: monad,  dispersal unit and peculiarities: monad,  size (pollen unit): small (10-25 µm),  size of hydrated pollen (LM): 21-25 µm,  shortest polar axis in equatorial view (LM): 16-20 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: porate,  polarity: isopolar,  P/E-ratio: oblate,  shape: -,  outline in polar view: circular,  dominant orientation (LM): oblique,  P/E-ratio (dry pollen): oblate,  shape (dry pollen): -,  outline in polar view (dry pollen): polygonal,  infoldings (dry pollen): interapertural area sunken,  aperture number: 5,  aperture type: porus,  aperture condition: porate, tetraporate,  aperture peculiarities: stephanoaperturate

Ornamentation and Structure

LMornamentation LM: psilate,  nexine: -,  sexine: -,  SEMornamentation SEM: microrugulate, microechinate,  suprasculpture SEM: -,  TEMtectum: -,  infratectum: -,  foot layer: -,  endexine: -,  intine: -,  wall peculiarities: arcus,  supratectal element: -

Miscellaneous

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

Annotations: aperture number: mostly 4, but also 5; aperture condition: porate or brevicolpate

Author(s) of diagnosis: Halbritter, Heidemarie; Heigl, Helmut

Pictures

flower(s)

1. flower(s)

hydrated Pollen

2. hydrated Pollen

hydrated Pollen

3. hydrated Pollen

hydrated Pollen

4. hydrated Pollen

polar view

5. polar view

equatorial view

6. equatorial view

aperture

7. aperture

exine surface

8. exine surface

dry pollen grains

9. dry pollen grains

Picture legend

  1. flower(s), photographer: Halbritter, H.
  2. hydrated Pollen - fresh, glycerine, unstained, photographer: Heigl, H.
  3. hydrated Pollen - fresh, glycerine, ruthenium red, photographer: Heigl, H.
  4. hydrated Pollen - fresh, glycerine, ruthenium red, photographer: Heigl, H.
  5. polar view - fresh, rehydrated (water) & critical point dried & sputter coated with gold, photographer: Halbritter, H.
  6. equatorial view - fresh, rehydrated (water) & critical point dried & sputter coated with gold, photographer: Halbritter, H.
  7. aperture - fresh, rehydrated (water) & critical point dried & sputter coated with gold, photographer: Halbritter, H.
  8. exine surface - fresh, rehydrated (water) & critical point dried & sputter coated with gold, photographer: Halbritter, H.
  9. dry pollen grains - dry, 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., Heigl H. 2020. Alnus incana. In: PalDat - A palynological database. https://www.paldat.org/pub/Alnus_incana/303763;jsessionid=9739D47328E17A4B06A21F05F3A1FF91; accessed 2024-11-01

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