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Cyrtopodium willmorei

Taxonomy: Angiospermae, Asparagales, Orchidaceae, Cyrtopodium

Published: 2016-07-08

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: polyad,  polarity: heteropolar,  P/E-ratio: -,  shape: irregular,  outline in polar view: irregular,  dominant orientation (LM): -,  P/E-ratio (dry pollen): -,  shape (dry pollen): irregular,  outline in polar view (dry pollen): irregular,  infoldings (dry pollen): irregularly infolded,  aperture number: none,  aperture type: no aperture,  aperture condition: inaperturate,  aperture peculiarities: -

Ornamentation and Structure

LMornamentation LM: -,  nexine: -,  sexine: -,  SEMornamentation SEM: psilate,  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

pollinarium (right) with anther cap (left)

1. pollinarium (right) with anther cap (left)

2 pollinaria

2. 2 pollinaria

pollinarium

3. pollinarium

pollinarium

4. pollinarium

detail of pollinium

5. detail of pollinium

surface of pollinium with pollen tetrads

6. surface of pollinium with pollen tetrads

exine surface

7. exine surface

Picture legend

  1. pollinarium (right) with anther cap (left) - dry, sputter coated with gold, photographer: Halbritter, H.
  2. 2 pollinaria - dry, sputter coated with gold, photographer: Halbritter, H.
  3. pollinarium - dry, sputter coated with gold, photographer: Halbritter, H.
  4. pollinarium - dry, sputter coated with gold, photographer: Halbritter, H.
  5. detail of pollinium - dry, sputter coated with gold, photographer: Halbritter, H.
  6. surface of pollinium with pollen tetrads - dry, sputter coated with gold, photographer: Halbritter, H.
  7. exine surface - dry, sputter coated with gold, photographer: Halbritter, H.

Literature

    Copyright and Citation

    Cite this publication as:

    Halbritter H. 2016. Cyrtopodium willmorei. In: PalDat - A palynological database. https://www.paldat.org/pub/Cyrtopodium_willmorei/301201;jsessionid=EF6981D1829C44CFCC169DED58FD7005; accessed 2024-04-27