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Coriaria ruscifolia

Taxonomy: Angiospermae, Cucurbitales, Coriariaceae, Coriaria

Published: 2021-12-27

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): 21-25 µm,  shortest polar axis in equatorial view (LM): 21-25 µm,  longest polar axis in equatorial view (LM): 21-25 µm,  shortest diameter in equatorial or polar view (LM): 21-25 µm,  longest diameter in equatorial or polar view (LM): 21-25 µm,  pollen class: colporate,  polarity: isopolar,  P/E-ratio: -,  shape: spheroidal,  outline in polar view: circular,  dominant orientation (LM): oblique,  P/E-ratio (dry pollen): -,  shape (dry pollen): irregular,  outline in polar view (dry pollen): irregular,  infoldings (dry pollen): irregularly infolded,  aperture number: 3,  aperture type: colporus,  aperture condition: colporate, tricolporate,  aperture peculiarities: brevicolporus

Ornamentation and Structure

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

Miscellaneous

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

Annotations: colporus with indistinct porus

Author(s) of diagnosis: Halbritter, Heidemarie; Heigl, Helmut

Pictures

polar view,hydrated pollen

1. polar view, hydrated pollen

polar view,hydrated pollen

2. polar view, hydrated pollen

equatorial view,hydrated pollen

3. equatorial view, hydrated pollen

equatorial view,hydrated pollen

4. equatorial view, hydrated pollen

equatorial view,hydrated pollen

5. equatorial view, hydrated pollen

hydrated pollen

6. hydrated pollen

oblique polar view

7. oblique polar view

equatorial view

8. equatorial view

aperture

9. aperture

exine surface

10. exine surface

exine surface

11. exine surface

dry pollen

12. dry pollen

Ubisch bodies on locule wall

13. Ubisch bodies on locule wall

Picture legend

  1. polar view, hydrated pollen - fresh, glycerine, unstained, photographer: Heigl, H.
  2. polar view, hydrated pollen - fresh, glycerine, unstained, photographer: Heigl, H.
  3. equatorial view, hydrated pollen - fresh, glycerine, unstained, photographer: Heigl, H.
  4. equatorial view, hydrated pollen - fresh, glycerine, ruthenium red, photographer: Heigl, H.
  5. equatorial view, hydrated pollen - fresh, glycerine, ruthenium red, photographer: Heigl, H.
  6. hydrated pollen - dry, rehydrated (water) & critical point dried & sputter coated with gold, photographer: Halbritter, H.
  7. oblique polar view - dry, rehydrated (water) & critical point dried & sputter coated with gold, photographer: Halbritter, H.
  8. equatorial view - dry, rehydrated (water) & critical point dried & sputter coated with gold, photographer: Halbritter, H.
  9. aperture - dry, rehydrated (water) & critical point dried & sputter coated with gold, photographer: Halbritter, H.
  10. exine surface - dry, rehydrated (water) & critical point dried & sputter coated with gold, photographer: Halbritter, H.
  11. exine surface - dry, rehydrated (water) & critical point dried & sputter coated with gold, photographer: Halbritter, H.
  12. dry pollen - dry, sputter coated with gold, photographer: Halbritter, H.
  13. Ubisch bodies on locule wall - dry, rehydrated (water) & critical point dried & 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., Heigl H. 2021. Coriaria ruscifolia. In: PalDat - A palynological database. https://www.paldat.org/pub/Coriaria_ruscifolia/306466;jsessionid=DEB08B0965B0EAC68D917D6E7D3077F9; accessed 2024-03-28

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