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Ceropegia sandersonii

Taxonomy: Angiospermae, Gentianales, Apocynaceae, Ceropegia

Published: 2016-11-08

Pollen Description

Shape, Size and Aperture

pollen unit: pollinium,  dispersal unit and peculiarities: pollinarium,  size (pollen unit): very large (>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: -,  polarity: heteropolar,  P/E-ratio: -,  shape: no suitable term,  outline in polar view: no suitable term,  dominant orientation (LM): -,  P/E-ratio (dry pollen): -,  shape (dry pollen): no suitable term,  outline in polar view (dry pollen): no suitable term,  infoldings (dry pollen): no suitable term,  aperture number: none,  aperture type: no aperture,  aperture condition: inaperturate,  aperture peculiarities: -

Ornamentation and Structure

LMornamentation LM: -,  nexine: -,  sexine: -,  SEMornamentation SEM: psilate, perforate,  suprasculpture SEM: -,  TEMtectum: -,  infratectum: -,  foot layer: -,  endexine: -,  intine: -,  wall peculiarities: -,  supratectal element: -

Miscellaneous

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

Author(s) of diagnosis: Halbritter, Heidemarie

Pictures

flower(s)

1. flower(s)

part of flower with pollinaria

2. part of flower with pollinaria

pollinarium

3. pollinarium

exine surface

4. exine surface

dry pollinarium

5. dry pollinarium

dry pollinium

6. dry pollinium

Picture legend

  1. flower(s), photographer: Halbritter, H.
  2. part of flower with pollinaria - fresh, rehydrated (water) & critical point dried & sputter coated with gold, photographer: Halbritter, H.
  3. pollinarium - fresh, rehydrated (water) & critical point dried & sputter coated with gold, photographer: Halbritter, H.
  4. exine surface - fresh, rehydrated (water) & critical point dried & sputter coated with gold, photographer: Halbritter, H.
  5. dry pollinarium - dry, sputter coated with gold, photographer: Halbritter, H.
  6. dry pollinium - dry, sputter coated with gold, photographer: Halbritter, H.

Literature

  • 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. 2016. Ceropegia sandersonii. In: PalDat - A palynological database. https://www.paldat.org/pub/Ceropegia_sandersonii/302064;jsessionid=CBEAF9AB6EF102F631C1E2F871EBA791; accessed 2024-04-25

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