Anemone alpina
Taxonomy: Angiospermae, Ranunculales, Ranunculaceae, Anemone
Annotations: ssp. alpina; according to "The Plant List" synonym of Anemone alpina Pulsatilla alpina (L.) Delarbre is a synonym of Anemone alpina L.
Published: 2021-03-31
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, shortest polar axis in equatorial view (LM): -, longest polar axis in equatorial view (LM): -, shortest diameter in equatorial or polar view (LM): 21-25 µm, longest diameter in equatorial or polar view (LM): 21-25 µm, pollen class: colpate, polarity: -, P/E-ratio: -, shape: spheroidal, outline in polar view: circular, dominant orientation (LM): oblique, P/E-ratio (dry pollen): -, shape (dry pollen): irregular, outline in polar view (dry pollen): -, infoldings (dry pollen): aperture(s) sunken, aperture number: >6, aperture type: colpus, aperture condition: colpate, pantocolpate, aperture peculiarities: aperture membrane ornamented, pantoaperturate
Ornamentation and Structure
LM ornamentation LM: echinate, scabrate, granulate, nexine: -, sexine: -, SEM ornamentation SEM: microechinate, perforate, suprasculpture SEM: -, TEM tectum: -, infratectum: -, foot layer: -, endexine: -, intine: -, wall peculiarities: -, supratectal element: -
Miscellaneous
pollen coatings: -, reserves in cytoplasm: -, cell number: -, Ubisch bodies: present
Author(s) of diagnosis: Halbritter, Heidemarie; Heigl, Helmut
Pictures
Picture legend
- flower(s), photographer: Berger, A.
- flower(s), photographer: Berger, A.
- hydrated pollen - fresh, glycerine, unstained, photographer: Heigl, H.
- hydrated pollen - fresh, glycerine, ruthenium red, photographer: Heigl, H.
- hydrated pollen - fresh, glycerine, ruthenium red, photographer: Heigl, H.
- hydrated pollen - dry, rehydrated (water) & critical point dried & sputter coated with gold, photographer: Halbritter, H.
- hydrated pollen on locule wall - dry, rehydrated (water) & critical point dried & sputter coated with gold, photographer: Halbritter, H.
- hydrated pollen - dry, rehydrated (water) & critical point dried & sputter coated with gold, photographer: Halbritter, H.
- hydrated pollen - dry, rehydrated (water) & critical point dried & sputter coated with gold, photographer: Halbritter, H.
- aperture - dry, rehydrated (water) & critical point dried & sputter coated with gold, photographer: Halbritter, H.
- exine surface - dry, rehydrated (water) & critical point dried & sputter coated with gold, photographer: Halbritter, H.
- dry pollen - dry, sputter coated with gold, photographer: Halbritter, H.
- Ubisch bodies on locule wall - dry, rehydrated (water) & critical point dried & sputter coated with gold, photographer: Halbritter, H.
Literature
- (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., Berger A. 2021. Anemone alpina. In: PalDat - A palynological database. https://www.paldat.org/pub/Anemone_alpina/305960;jsessionid=08AAEA067B8AA78735B0DF7C0732A9EE; accessed 2024-06-08