Beloperone guttata
Taxonomy: Angiospermae, Lamiales, Acanthaceae, Beloperone
Annotations: according to "The Plant List" synonym of Justicia brandegeeana
Published: 2016-03-08
Pollen Description
Shape, Size and Aperture
pollen unit: monad, dispersal unit and peculiarities: monad, size (pollen unit): large (51-100 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: prolate, shape: -, outline in polar view: circular, dominant orientation (LM): -, P/E-ratio (dry pollen): prolate, shape (dry pollen): -, outline in polar view (dry pollen): triangular, infoldings (dry pollen): aperture(s) sunken, aperture number: 3, aperture type: colporus, aperture condition: colporate, tricolporate, aperture peculiarities: pseudocolpus
Ornamentation and Structure
LM ornamentation LM: -, nexine: -, sexine: -, SEM ornamentation SEM: perforate, areolate, reticulate, suprasculpture SEM: -, TEM tectum: -, infratectum: -, foot layer: -, endexine: -, intine: -, wall peculiarities: -, supratectal element: -
Miscellaneous
pollen coatings: -, reserves in cytoplasm: -, cell number: -, Ubisch bodies: present
Annotations: 2 pseudocolpi beneath each colporus; apertural area with areolae
Author(s) of diagnosis: Halbritter, Heidemarie
Pictures
1. flower(s)
2. flowers of Beloperone guttata
3. equatorial view
4. equatorial view
5. detail of aperture
6. exine surface
7. polar area
8. dry pollen grains
9. polar view of dry pollen grain
10. dry pollen grain in equatorial view
11. detail of inner tapetum wall: Ubisch bodies in reticulate arrangement
Picture legend
- flower(s), photographer: Buchner, R.
- flowers of Beloperone guttata, photographer: Halbritter, H.
- equatorial view - fresh, rehydrated (water) & critical point dried & sputter coated with gold, photographer: Halbritter, H.
- equatorial view - fresh, rehydrated (water) & critical point dried & sputter coated with gold, photographer: Halbritter, H.
- detail of aperture - 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.
- polar 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.
- polar view of dry pollen grain - dry, sputter coated with gold, photographer: Halbritter, H.
- dry pollen grain in equatorial view - dry, sputter coated with gold, photographer: Halbritter, H.
- detail of inner tapetum wall: Ubisch bodies in reticulate arrangement - fresh, 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., Buchner R. 2016. Beloperone guttata. In: PalDat - A palynological database. https://www.paldat.org/pub/Beloperone_guttata/300571;jsessionid=7C0C9DFFAA988821CD48BB4BE86A71AF; accessed 2024-04-20