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Anthurium radicans

Taxonomy: Angiospermae, Alismatales, Araceae, Anthurium

Published: 2016-10-27

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: porate,  polarity: -,  P/E-ratio: -,  shape: spheroidal,  outline in polar view: circular,  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: -,  aperture type: porus,  aperture condition: porate,  aperture peculiarities: -

Ornamentation and Structure

LM  ornamentation LM: -,  nexine: -,  sexine: -,  SEM  ornamentation SEM: reticulate,  suprasculpture SEM: -,  TEM  tectum: semitectate,  infratectum: columellate,  foot layer: continuous,  endexine: compact-continuous,  intine: -,  wall peculiarities: -,  supratectal element: -

Miscellaneous

pollen coatings: pollenkitt,  reserves in cytoplasm: -,  cell number: 2-celled,  Ubisch bodies: -

Author(s) of diagnosis: Halbritter, Heidemarie; Weber, Martina

Pictures

hydrated pollen grain

1. hydrated pollen grain

aperture

2. aperture

exine surface

3. exine surface

dry pollen grains

4. dry pollen grains

dry pollen grain

5. dry pollen grain

hydrated pollen grain

6. hydrated pollen grain

pollen wall

7. pollen wall

aperture

8. aperture

aperture

9. aperture

Picture legend

  1. hydrated pollen grain - fresh, rehydrated (water) & critical point dried & sputter coated with gold, photographer: Halbritter, H.
  2. aperture - fresh, rehydrated (water) & critical point dried & sputter coated with gold, photographer: Halbritter, H.
  3. exine surface - fresh, rehydrated (water) & critical point dried & sputter coated with gold, photographer: Halbritter, H.
  4. dry pollen grains - dry, sputter coated with gold, photographer: Halbritter, H.
  5. dry pollen grain - dry, sputter coated with gold, photographer: Halbritter, H.
  6. hydrated pollen grain - fresh, glutaraldehyde & osmium & potassium ferrocyanide, uranyl acetate & lead citrate, photographer: Weber, M.
  7. pollen wall - fresh, glutaraldehyde & osmium & potassium ferrocyanide, uranyl acetate & lead citrate, photographer: Weber, M.
  8. aperture - fresh, glutaraldehyde & osmium & potassium ferrocyanide, uranyl acetate & lead citrate, photographer: Weber, M.
  9. aperture - fresh, glutaraldehyde & osmium & potassium ferrocyanide, uranyl acetate & lead citrate, photographer: Weber, M.

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., Weber M. 2016. Anthurium radicans. In: PalDat - A palynological database. https://www.paldat.org/pub/Anthurium_radicans/301771; accessed 2024-11-10

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