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Ambrosina bassii

Taxonomy: Angiospermae, Alismatales, Araceae, Ambrosina

Published: 2016-11-03

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): -,  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: plicate,  polarity: isopolar,  P/E-ratio: oblate,  shape: -,  outline in polar view: elliptic,  dominant orientation (LM): -,  P/E-ratio (dry pollen): oblate,  shape (dry pollen): -,  outline in polar view (dry pollen): irregular,  infoldings (dry pollen): irregularly infolded,  aperture number: none,  aperture type: no aperture,  aperture condition: inaperturate,  aperture peculiarities: -

Ornamentation and Structure

LMornamentation LM: plicate,  nexine: -,  sexine: -,  SEMornamentation SEM: plicate, perforate, microreticulate,  suprasculpture SEM: -,  TEMtectum: -,  infratectum: -,  foot layer: -,  endexine: -,  intine: -,  wall peculiarities: -,  supratectal element: -

Miscellaneous

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

Annotations: ornamentation elements not resistant to acetolysis

Author(s) of diagnosis: Halbritter, Heidemarie

Pictures

inflorescence(s)

1. inflorescence(s)

pollen grains in overview

2. pollen grains in overview

pollen grains in overview

3. pollen grains in overview

hydrated pollen grain

4. hydrated pollen grain

equatorial view

5. equatorial view

pollen surface

6. pollen surface

pollen surface

7. pollen surface

dry pollen grains

8. dry pollen grains

Picture legend

  1. inflorescence(s), photographer: Halbritter, H.
  2. pollen grains in overview - fresh, rehydrated (water), unstained, photographer: Halbritter, H.
  3. pollen grains in overview - fresh, rehydrated (water), unstained, photographer: Halbritter, H.
  4. hydrated pollen grain - fresh, DMP & critical point dried, photographer: Halbritter, H.
  5. equatorial view - fresh, DMP & critical point dried, photographer: Halbritter, H.
  6. pollen surface - fresh, rehydrated (water) & critical point dried & sputter coated with gold, photographer: Halbritter, H.
  7. pollen surface - fresh, rehydrated (water) & critical point dried & sputter coated with gold, photographer: Halbritter, H.
  8. 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. 2016. Ambrosina bassii. In: PalDat - A palynological database. https://www.paldat.org/pub/Ambrosina_bassii/301765; accessed 2024-11-01

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