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Artemisia vulgaris

Taxonomy: Angiospermae, Asterales, Asteraceae, Artemisia

Links: http://flora.nhm-wien.ac.at/Seiten-Arten/Artemisia-vulgaris.htm

Published: 2020-12-22

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): 16-20 µm, 21-25 µm,  shortest polar axis in equatorial view (LM): 16-20 µm,  longest polar axis in equatorial view (LM): 21-25 µm,  shortest diameter in equatorial or polar view (LM): 16-20 µm,  longest diameter in equatorial or polar view (LM): 16-20 µm,  pollen class: colporate,  polarity: isopolar,  P/E-ratio: -,  shape: spheroidal,  outline in polar view: circular,  dominant orientation (LM): oblique,  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

LMornamentation LM: echinate,  nexine: -,  sexine: -,  SEMornamentation SEM: microechinate, granulate,  suprasculpture SEM: -,  TEMtectum: -,  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: Halbritter, Heidemarie; Sam, Saskia; Auer, Waltraud

Pictures

habitus

1. habitus

flower(s)

2. flower(s)

flower(s)

3. flower(s)

pollen grain with vegetative nucleus and sperm cells

4. pollen grain with vegetative nucleus and sperm cells

upper focus

5. upper focus

optical section

6. optical section

lower focus

7. lower focus

hydrated pollen

8. hydrated pollen

hydrated pollen

9. hydrated pollen

hydrated pollen

10. hydrated pollen

polar view

11. polar view

equatorial view

12. equatorial view

aperture

13. aperture

exine surface

14. exine surface

polar area

15. polar area

dry pollen grains

16. dry pollen grains

polar view (dry pollen grain)

17. polar view (dry pollen grain)

dry pollen grain in equatorial view

18. dry pollen grain in equatorial view

Picture legend

  1. habitus, photographer: Sam, S.
  2. flower(s), photographer: Halbritter, H.
  3. flower(s), photographer: Sam, S.
  4. pollen grain with vegetative nucleus and sperm cells - fresh, unfixed, aceto-carmine, photographer: Sam, S.
  5. upper focus - fresh, acetolyzed, unstained, photographer: Sam, S.
  6. optical section - fresh, acetolyzed, unstained, photographer: Sam, S.
  7. lower focus - fresh, acetolyzed, unstained, photographer: Sam, S.
  8. hydrated pollen - fresh, glycerine, unstained, photographer: Auer, W.
  9. hydrated pollen - fresh, glycerine, ruthenium red, photographer: Auer, W.
  10. hydrated pollen - fresh, glycerine, ruthenium red, photographer: Auer, W.
  11. polar view - fresh, rehydrated (water) & critical point dried & sputter coated with gold, photographer: Halbritter, H.
  12. equatorial view - fresh, rehydrated (water) & critical point dried & sputter coated with gold, photographer: Halbritter, H.
  13. aperture - fresh, rehydrated (water) & critical point dried & sputter coated with gold, photographer: Halbritter, H.
  14. exine surface - fresh, rehydrated (water) & critical point dried & sputter coated with gold, photographer: Halbritter, H.
  15. polar area - fresh, rehydrated (water) & critical point dried & sputter coated with gold, photographer: Halbritter, H.
  16. dry pollen grains - dry, sputter coated with gold, photographer: Halbritter, H.
  17. polar view (dry pollen grain) - dry, sputter coated with gold, photographer: Sam, S.
  18. dry pollen grain in equatorial view - dry, sputter coated with gold, photographer: Sam, S.

Literature

  • Adler W, Oswald K, Fischer R. (1994) Exkursionsflora von Österreich : 1180
  • 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., Sam S., Auer W. 2020. Artemisia vulgaris. In: PalDat - A palynological database. https://www.paldat.org/pub/Artemisia_vulgaris/304632; accessed 2024-11-01

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