Artemisia dracunculus
Taxonomy: Angiospermae, Asterales, Asteraceae, Artemisia
Published: 2016-07-19
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: colporate, polarity: isopolar, P/E-ratio: -, shape: spheroidal, outline in polar view: circular, dominant orientation (LM): -, P/E-ratio (dry pollen): prolate, shape (dry pollen): -, outline in polar view (dry pollen): lobate, infoldings (dry pollen): aperture(s) sunken, aperture number: 3, aperture type: colporus, aperture condition: colporate, triporate, aperture peculiarities: -
Ornamentation and Structure
LM ornamentation LM: echinate, nexine: -, sexine: -, SEM ornamentation SEM: echinate, granulate, suprasculpture SEM: -, TEM tectum: -, infratectum: -, foot layer: -, endexine: -, intine: -, wall peculiarities: -, supratectal element: -
Miscellaneous
pollen coatings: -, reserves in cytoplasm: -, cell number: 3-celled, Ubisch bodies: absent
Author(s) of diagnosis: Sam, Saskia
Pictures
1. habitus
2. flower(s)
3. pollen grain with vegetative nucleus and sperm cells
4. upper focus
5. optical section
6. lower focus
7. equatorial view
8. detail of aperture
9. exine surface
10. dry pollen grains
11. polar view (dry pollen grain)
12. dry pollen grain in equatorial view
Picture legend
- habitus, photographer: Sam, S.
- flower(s), photographer: Sam, S.
- pollen grain with vegetative nucleus and sperm cells - fresh, unfixed, aceto-carmine, photographer: Sam, S.
- upper focus - fresh, acetolyzed, unstained, photographer: Sam, S.
- optical section - fresh, acetolyzed, unstained, photographer: Sam, S.
- lower focus - fresh, acetolyzed, unstained, photographer: Sam, S.
- equatorial view - fresh, rehydrated (water) & critical point dried & sputter coated with gold, photographer: Sam, S.
- detail of aperture - fresh, rehydrated (water) & critical point dried & sputter coated with gold, photographer: Sam, S.
- exine surface - fresh, rehydrated (water) & critical point dried & sputter coated with gold, photographer: Sam, S.
- dry pollen grains - dry, sputter coated with gold, photographer: Sam, S.
- polar view (dry pollen grain) - dry, sputter coated with gold, photographer: Sam, S.
- dry pollen grain in equatorial view - dry, sputter coated with gold, photographer: Sam, S.
Literature
- (1994) Exkursionsflora von Österreich : 1180
- (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:
Sam S. 2016. Artemisia dracunculus. In: PalDat - A palynological database. https://www.paldat.org/pub/Artemisia_dracunculus/301253;jsessionid=68B2DDEFAEDAF82B014BACF01EF4B5A5; accessed 2024-04-19