Amborella trichopoda
Taxonomy: Angiospermae, Amborellales, Amborellaceae, Amborella
Published: 2015-12-04
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): -, shortest polar axis in equatorial view (LM): -, longest polar axis in equatorial view (LM): -, shortest diameter in equatorial or polar view (LM): -, longest diameter in equatorial or polar view (LM): -, pollen class: ulcerate, polarity: heteropolar, P/E-ratio: oblate, shape: -, outline in polar view: elliptic, dominant orientation (LM): -, P/E-ratio (dry pollen): -, shape (dry pollen): irregular, outline in polar view (dry pollen): irregular, infoldings (dry pollen): irregularly infolded, aperture number: 1, aperture type: ulcus, aperture condition: ulcerate, aperture peculiarities: annulus
Ornamentation and Structure
LM ornamentation LM: -, nexine: -, sexine: -, SEM ornamentation SEM: no suitable term, suprasculpture SEM: -, TEM tectum: eutectate, infratectum: -, foot layer: -, endexine: -, intine: -, wall peculiarities: -, supratectal element: -
Miscellaneous
pollen coatings: absent, reserves in cytoplasm: -, cell number: -, Ubisch bodies: absent
Author(s) of diagnosis: Halbritter, Heidemarie
Pictures
Picture legend
- hydrated pollen - dry, formalin-acetic-alcohol & critical point dried & sputter coated with gold, photographer: Halbritter, H.
- polar view - dry, formalin-acetic-alcohol & critical point dried & sputter coated with gold, photographer: Halbritter, H.
- aperture - dry, formalin-acetic-alcohol & critical point dried & sputter coated with gold, photographer: Halbritter, H.
- exine surface - dry, formalin-acetic-alcohol & critical point dried & sputter coated with gold, photographer: Halbritter, H.
- dry pollen - dry, formalin-acetic-alcohol & air dried & sputter coated with gold, photographer: Halbritter, H.
Literature
Copyright and Citation
Cite this publication as:
Halbritter H. 2015. Amborella trichopoda. In: PalDat - A palynological database. https://www.paldat.org/pub/Amborella_trichopoda/300223; accessed 2024-11-01