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Berberis amurensis

Taxonomy: Spermatophyta, Ranunculales, Berberidaceae, Berberis

Published: 2012-04-23

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: colpate, spiraperturate,  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): aperture(s) sunken,  aperture number: number varies,  aperture type: spiral aperture(s),  aperture condition: spiraperturate,  aperture peculiarities: pantoaperturate, synaperturate

Ornamentation and Structure

LM  ornamentation LM: -,  nexine: -,  sexine: -,  SEM  ornamentation SEM: psilate, perforate,  suprasculpture SEM: -,  TEM  tectum: eutectate,  infratectum: -,  foot layer: -,  endexine: -,  intine: -,  wall peculiarities: -,  supratectal element: -

Miscellaneous

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

Annotations: pollen grains spiraperturate or pantocolpate; colpi of diferent size and shape, sometimes fusing

Author(s) of diagnosis: Halbritter, H.; Buchner, R.

Pictures

flower(s)

1. flower(s)

flower(s)

2. flower(s)

hydrated pollen grains

3. hydrated pollen grains

hydrated pollen grain (spiraperturate)

4. hydrated pollen grain (spiraperturate)

hydrated pollen grain

5. hydrated pollen grain

hydrated pollen grain

6. hydrated pollen grain

detail of aperture

7. detail of aperture

exine surface

8. exine surface

dry pollen grains

9. dry pollen grains

Picture legend

  1. flower(s), photographer: Buchner, R.
  2. flower(s), photographer: Buchner, R.
  3. hydrated pollen grains - fresh, rehydration (water) & critical point dried & sputter coated with gold, photographer: Halbritter, H.
  4. hydrated pollen grain (spiraperturate) - fresh, rehydration (water) & critical point dried & sputter coated with gold, photographer: Halbritter, H.
  5. hydrated pollen grain - fresh, rehydration (water) & critical point dried & sputter coated with gold, photographer: Halbritter, H.
  6. hydrated pollen grain - fresh, rehydration (water) & critical point dried & sputter coated with gold, photographer: Halbritter, H.
  7. detail of aperture - fresh, rehydration (water) & critical point dried & sputter coated with gold, photographer: Halbritter, H.
  8. exine surface - fresh, rehydration (water) & critical point dried & sputter coated with gold, photographer: Halbritter, H.
  9. dry pollen grains - dry, sputter coated with gold, photographer: Halbritter, H.

Literature

  • Oberschneider W (1998) Pollenmorphologie der Ranunculanae. Diplomarbeit. Universität Wien : 125 pp
  • Roland-Heydacker F (1974) Caractères ultrastructuraux et cytochimiques particuliers du sporoderme des pollens de Berberis vulgaris L. et de Mahonia aquifolium Nutt. CR Acad Sc Paris 278: 1475-1477

Copyright and Citation

Cite this publication as:

Halbritter H., Buchner R. 2012. Berberis amurensis. In: PalDat - A palynological database. https://www.paldat.org/pub/Berberis_amurensis/208921;jsessionid=930B7FF70D6166E7549331AAF765C7D2; accessed 2024-04-25

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