Dracunculus vulgaris
Taxonomy: Angiospermae, Alismatales, Araceae, Dracunculus
Published: 2016-11-03
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: inaperturate, polarity: -, P/E-ratio: -, shape: -, outline in polar view: -, dominant orientation (LM): -, P/E-ratio (dry pollen): -, shape (dry pollen): cup-shaped, outline in polar view (dry pollen): -, infoldings (dry pollen): -, aperture number: none, aperture type: no aperture, aperture condition: inaperturate, aperture peculiarities: -
Ornamentation and Structure
LM ornamentation LM: -, nexine: -, sexine: -, SEM ornamentation SEM: areolate, suprasculpture SEM: -, TEM tectum: -, infratectum: -, foot layer: -, endexine: spongy-continuous, intine: monolayered, wall peculiarities: -, supratectal element: -
Miscellaneous
pollen coatings: -, reserves in cytoplasm: polysaccharide vesicles, cell number: -, Ubisch bodies: -
Annotations: ektexine missing; ornamentation elements not resistant to acetolysis; shape in hydrated condition ovoid
Author(s) of diagnosis: Halbritter, Heidemarie; Weber, Martina
Pictures
1. closed spatha
2. detail of flower(s)
3. hydrated pollen grain
4. pollen surface
5. pollen surface
6. dry pollen grains
7. pollen wall
8. pollen wall
Picture legend
- closed spatha, photographer: Fabbro Th./ Zumbrunn Th.
- detail of flower(s), photographer: Fabbro Th./ Zumbrunn Th.
- hydrated pollen grain - fresh, rehydrated (water) & critical point dried & sputter coated with gold, photographer: Halbritter, H.
- pollen surface - fresh, rehydrated (water) & critical point dried & sputter coated with gold, photographer: Halbritter, H.
- pollen 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.
- pollen wall - fresh, glutaraldehyde & osmium, uranyl acetate & lead citrate, photographer: Weber, M.
- pollen wall - fresh, glutaraldehyde & osmium, uranyl acetate & lead citrate, photographer: Weber, M.
Literature
- (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., Weber M., Fabbro Th./ Zumbrunn Th. 2016. Dracunculus vulgaris. In: PalDat - A palynological database. https://www.paldat.org/pub/Dracunculus_vulgaris/301776;jsessionid=763603F667CAFCC0639FFB27602005A0; accessed 2024-04-24