Asarum europaeum
Taxonomy: Angiospermae, Piperales, Aristolochiaceae, Asarum
Published: 2016-11-07
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: inaperturate, 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: none, aperture type: no aperture, aperture condition: inaperturate, aperture peculiarities: -
Ornamentation and Structure
LM ornamentation LM: -, nexine: -, sexine: -, SEM ornamentation SEM: gemmate, microreticulate, suprasculpture SEM: -, TEM tectum: -, infratectum: -, foot layer: -, endexine: -, intine: -, wall peculiarities: tenuitas, supratectal element: -
Miscellaneous
pollen coatings: -, reserves in cytoplasm: -, cell number: -, Ubisch bodies: present
Annotations: Shape hydrated spheroidal to ovoid; the thin exine ruptures irregularly
Author(s) of diagnosis: Halbritter, Heidemarie
Pictures
Picture legend
- flower(s), photographer: Halbritter, H.
- hydrated pollen grain - fresh, rehydrated (water) & critical point dried & sputter coated with gold, photographer: Halbritter, H.
- hydrated pollen grain - 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.
- exine surface (irregurlarly ruptured) - fresh, rehydrated (water) & critical point dried & sputter coated with gold, photographer: Halbritter, H.
- exine surface (tenuitas-like area) - fresh, rehydrated (water) & critical point dried & sputter coated with gold, photographer: Halbritter, H.
- dry pollen grains - dry, sputter coated with gold, photographer: Halbritter, H.
Literature
- (2003) Aristolochiaceae. In: The Northwest European Pollen Flora 62. Rev Palaeobot Palynol 123: 47-55
- (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. 2016. Asarum europaeum. In: PalDat - A palynological database. https://www.paldat.org/pub/Asarum_europaeum/302034;jsessionid=634975B493D2253D50E73FC7F1792B55; accessed 2024-06-03