Daphne pontica
Taxonomy: Angiospermae, Malvales, Thymelaeaceae, Daphne
Published: 2016-10-24
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: porate, 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): irregularly infolded, aperture number: >6, aperture type: porus, aperture condition: porate, pantoporate, aperture peculiarities: pantoaperturate
Ornamentation and Structure
LM ornamentation LM: -, nexine: -, sexine: -, SEM ornamentation SEM: microechinate, reticulum cristatum, reticulate, suprasculpture SEM: -, TEM tectum: -, 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
1. habitus
2. flower(s)
3. hydrated pollen grain
4. aperture
5. exine surface
6. exine surface
7. dry pollen grains
Picture legend
- habitus, photographer: Buchner, R.
- flower(s), photographer: Buchner, R.
- hydrated pollen grain - fresh, rehydrated (water) & critical point dried & sputter coated with gold, photographer: Halbritter, H.
- aperture - fresh, rehydrated (water) & critical point dried & sputter coated with gold, photographer: Halbritter, H.
- exine surface - fresh, rehydrated (water) & critical point dried & sputter coated with gold, photographer: Halbritter, H.
- exine surface - fresh, rehydrated (water) & critical point dried & sputter coated with gold, photographer: Halbritter, H.
- dry pollen grains - dry, sputter coated with gold, photographer: Halbritter, H.
Literature
- (1969) Sur les modifications de l'ultrastructure des cellules tapetales du genre Daphne au cours du développement des grains de pollen. Bull Soc Bot Suisse 79: 221-228
- (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., Buchner R. 2016. Daphne pontica. In: PalDat - A palynological database. https://www.paldat.org/pub/Daphne_pontica/301747;jsessionid=DAC45B28D7826A7B79457797808A54CE; accessed 2024-04-19