Amydrium medium
Taxonomy: Spermatophyta, Arales, Araceae, Amydrium
Published: 2005-06-01
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: -, polarity: isopolar, P/E-ratio: -, shape: spheroidal, outline in polar view: circular, dominant orientation (LM): -, P/E-ratio (dry pollen): oblate, shape (dry pollen): -, outline in polar view (dry pollen): elliptic, infoldings (dry pollen): aperture(s) sunken, aperture number: 1, aperture type: -, aperture condition: sulcate, aperture peculiarities: -
Ornamentation and Structure
LM ornamentation LM: -, nexine: -, sexine: -, SEM ornamentation SEM: perforate, suprasculpture SEM: -, TEM tectum: -, infratectum: granular, foot layer: continuous, endexine: compact-continuous, intine: -, wall peculiarities: -, supratectal element: -
Miscellaneous
pollen coatings: absent, reserves in cytoplasm: -, cell number: 2-celled, Ubisch bodies: present
Annotations: endexine extremely thin
Author(s) of diagnosis: Halbritter, H.; Weber, M.
Pictures
1. slightly oblique polar view
2. detail of aperture
3. exine surface
4. dry pollen grains
5. transition of aperture and interapertural zone (left)
6. hydrated pollen grains
7. pollen wall
8. germinating pollen grain (aperture)
Picture legend
- slightly oblique polar 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.
- transition of aperture and interapertural zone (left), glutaraldehyde & osmium & potassium ferrocyanide, uranyl acetate & lead citrate, photographer: Weber, M.
- hydrated pollen grains, glutaraldehyde & osmium & potassium ferrocyanide, uranyl acetate & lead citrate, photographer: Weber, M.
- pollen wall, glutaraldehyde & osmium & potassium ferrocyanide, uranyl acetate & lead citrate, photographer: Weber, M.
- germinating pollen grain (aperture), glutaraldehyde & osmium & potassium ferrocyanide, uranyl acetate & lead citrate, photographer: Weber, M.
Literature
Copyright and Citation
Cite this publication as:
Halbritter H., Weber M. 2005. Amydrium medium. In: PalDat - A palynological database. https://www.paldat.org/pub/Amydrium_medium/100501;jsessionid=4C8D74044F5D34A80F95FE65A9AA481F; accessed 2024-04-25