Decodon verticillatus
Taxonomy: Angiospermae, Myrtales, Lythraceae, Decodon
Links: https://powo.science.kew.org/taxon/urn:lsid:ipni.org:names:30265188-2, http://www.efloras.org/flora_page.aspx?flora_id=1
Annotations: Decodon verticillatus (L.) Elliott
Published: 2026-02-24
Pollen Description
Shape, Size and Aperture
pollen unit: monad, dispersal unit and peculiarities: monad, size (pollen unit): small (10-25 µm), size of hydrated pollen (LM): 26-30 µm, shortest polar axis in equatorial view (LM): 21-25 µm, longest polar axis in equatorial view (LM): 26-30 µm, shortest diameter in equatorial or polar view (LM): 16-20 µm, longest diameter in equatorial or polar view (LM): 21-25 µm, pollen class: colporate, polarity: isopolar, P/E-ratio: prolate, shape: spheroidal, outline in polar view: circular, dominant orientation (LM): equatorial, P/E-ratio (dry pollen): -, shape (dry pollen): -, outline in polar view (dry pollen): -, infoldings (dry pollen): -, aperture number: 3, aperture type: colporus, aperture condition: tricolporate, colporate, aperture peculiarities: bridge
Ornamentation and Structure
LM ornamentation LM: scabrate, nexine: present, sexine: present, SEM ornamentation SEM: rugulate, perforate, psilate, fossulate, suprasculpture SEM: -, TEM tectum: eutectate, infratectum: -, foot layer: -, endexine: -, intine: -, wall peculiarities: -, supratectal element: -
Miscellaneous
pollen coatings: -, reserves in cytoplasm: -, cell number: -, Ubisch bodies: -
Author(s) of diagnosis: Grímsson, Friðgeir; Zetter, Reinhard
Pictures
1. acetolyzed pollen, equatorial view, polar view
2. acetolyzed pollen, equatorial view
3. acetolyzed pollen, equatorial view
4. acetolyzed pollen, oblique view
5. acetolyzed pollen, equatorial view
6. acetolyzed pollen, equatorial view
7. acetolyzed pollen, equatorial view
8. acetolyzed pollen, equatorial view, exine surface, aperture detail
9. acetolyzed pollen, equatorial view, exine surface, aperture detail
10. acetolyzed pollen, equatorial view, exine surface
Picture legend
- acetolyzed pollen, equatorial view, polar view - dry, acetolyzed & glycerine, unstained, photographer: Grímsson, F.
- acetolyzed pollen, equatorial view - dry, acetolyzed & glycerine, unstained, photographer: Grímsson, F.
- acetolyzed pollen, equatorial view - dry, acetolyzed & sputter coated with gold, photographer: Grímsson, F.
- acetolyzed pollen, oblique view - dry, acetolyzed & sputter coated with gold, photographer: Grímsson, F.
- acetolyzed pollen, equatorial view - dry, acetolyzed & sputter coated with gold, photographer: Grímsson, F.
- acetolyzed pollen, equatorial view - dry, acetolyzed & sputter coated with gold, photographer: Grímsson, F.
- acetolyzed pollen, equatorial view - dry, acetolyzed & sputter coated with gold, photographer: Grímsson, F.
- acetolyzed pollen, equatorial view, exine surface, aperture detail - dry, acetolyzed & sputter coated with gold, photographer: Grímsson, F.
- acetolyzed pollen, equatorial view, exine surface, aperture detail - dry, acetolyzed & sputter coated with gold, photographer: Grímsson, F.
- acetolyzed pollen, equatorial view, exine surface - dry, acetolyzed & sputter coated with gold, photographer: Grímsson, F.
Literature
- (2012) Morphological trends in the fossil pollen of Decodon and the paleobiogeographic history of the genus International Journal of Plant Sciences 173: 297-317
Copyright and Citation
Cite this publication as:
Grímsson F., Zetter R. 2026. Decodon verticillatus. In: PalDat - A palynological database. /pub/Decodon_verticillatus/306968; accessed 2026-03-03