Callianthemum anemonoides
Taxonomy: Angiospermae, Ranunculales, Ranunculaceae, Callianthemum
Links: http://flora.nhm-wien.ac.at/Seiten-Arten/Callianthemum-anemonoides.htm
Published: 2021-01-18
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): 26-30 µm, shortest polar axis in equatorial view (LM): -, longest polar axis in equatorial view (LM): -, shortest diameter in equatorial or polar view (LM): 26-30 µm, longest diameter in equatorial or polar view (LM): 26-30 µm, pollen class: colpate, 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: colpus, aperture condition: colpate, tricolpate, aperture peculiarities: aperture membrane ornamented
Ornamentation and Structure
LM ornamentation LM: scabrate, nexine: -, sexine: -, SEM ornamentation SEM: microechinate, perforate, suprasculpture SEM: -, TEM tectum: eutectate, infratectum: columellate, foot layer: continuous, endexine: compact-continuous, intine: monolayered, wall peculiarities: -, supratectal element: -
Miscellaneous
pollen coatings: pollenkitt, reserves in cytoplasm: starch, lipids, cell number: 2-celled, Ubisch bodies: present
Author(s) of diagnosis: Oberschneider, Wolfgang; Heigl, Helmut
Pictures
1. flower(s)
2. upper focus
3. optical section
4. lower focus
5. generative cell (right) and vegetative nucleus
6. hydrated pollen
7. hydrated pollen
8. hydrated pollen
9. polar view
10. equatorial view
11. detail of aperture
12. exine surface
13. polar view of dry pollen grain
14. dry pollen grain in equatorial view
15. Ubisch bodies on tapetum cell wall
Picture legend
- flower(s), photographer: Till, W.
- upper focus - fresh, acetolyzed, unstained, photographer: Oberschneider, W.
- optical section - fresh, acetolyzed, unstained, photographer: Oberschneider, W.
- lower focus - fresh, acetolyzed, unstained, photographer: Oberschneider, W.
- generative cell (right) and vegetative nucleus - fixed, formalin-acetic-alcohol, aceto-carmine, photographer: Oberschneider, W.
- hydrated pollen - fresh, glycerine, unstained, photographer: Heigl, H.
- hydrated pollen - fresh, glycerine, ruthenium red, photographer: Heigl, H.
- hydrated pollen - fresh, glycerine, ruthenium red, photographer: Heigl, H.
- polar view - fresh, rehydration (water) & chloroform & critical point dried & sputter coated with gold, photographer: Oberschneider, W.
- equatorial view - fresh, rehydration (water) & chloroform & critical point dried & sputter coated with gold, photographer: Oberschneider, W.
- detail of aperture - fresh, rehydration (water) & chloroform & critical point dried & sputter coated with gold, photographer: Oberschneider, W.
- exine surface - fresh, rehydration (water) & chloroform & critical point dried & sputter coated with gold, photographer: Oberschneider, W.
- polar view of dry pollen grain - dry, sputter coated with gold, photographer: Oberschneider, W.
- dry pollen grain in equatorial view - dry, sputter coated with gold, photographer: Oberschneider, W.
- Ubisch bodies on tapetum cell wall - fresh, rehydration (water) & chloroform & critical point dried & sputter coated with gold, photographer: Oberschneider, W.
Literature
- (1998) Pollenmorphologie der Ranunculanae. Diplomarbeit. Universität Wien : 125 pp
- (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:
Oberschneider W., Heigl H., Till W. 2021. Callianthemum anemonoides. In: PalDat - A palynological database. https://www.paldat.org/pub/Callianthemum_anemonoides/304948; accessed 2024-11-10