Eranthis hyemalis
Taxonomy: Angiospermae, Ranunculales, Ranunculaceae, Eranthis
Links: http://flora.nhm-wien.ac.at/Seiten-Arten/Eranthis-hyemalis-1.htm
Published: 2020-11-10
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): 41-50 µm, shortest polar axis in equatorial view (LM): 36-40 µm, longest polar axis in equatorial view (LM): 41-50 µm, shortest diameter in equatorial or polar view (LM): 41-50 µm, longest diameter in equatorial or polar view (LM): 41-50 µm, pollen class: colpate, polarity: isopolar, P/E-ratio: -, shape: spheroidal, outline in polar view: circular, dominant orientation (LM): oblique, P/E-ratio (dry pollen): prolate, shape (dry pollen): -, outline in polar view (dry pollen): lobate, infoldings (dry pollen): aperture(s) sunken, aperture number: 3, aperture type: colpus, aperture condition: colpate, tricolpate, aperture peculiarities: aperture membrane ornamented
Ornamentation and Structure
LM ornamentation LM: verrucate, scabrate, gemmate, nexine: -, sexine: -, SEM ornamentation SEM: microechinate, perforate, suprasculpture SEM: -, TEM tectum: eutectate, infratectum: columellate, foot layer: continuous, endexine: compact-continuous, intine: monolayered, wall peculiarities: -, supratectal element: -
Miscellaneous
pollen coatings: pollenkitt, reserves in cytoplasm: starch, lipids, cell number: 2-celled, Ubisch bodies: present
Author(s) of diagnosis: Halbritter, Heidemarie; Oberschneider, Wolfgang; Heigl, Helmut
Pictures
Picture legend
- flower(s), photographer: Oberschneider, W.
- upper focus - fresh, acetolyzed, unstained, photographer: Oberschneider, W.
- optical section - fresh, acetolyzed, unstained, photographer: Oberschneider, W.
- lower focus - fresh, acetolyzed, unstained, photographer: Oberschneider, W.
- generative cell (dark stained, bottom) and vegetative nucleus (top) - fixed, formalin-acetic-alcohol, aceto-carmine, photographer: Oberschneider, W.
- hydrated Pollen - fresh, glycerine, unstained, photographer: Heigl, H.
- hydrated Pollen - fresh, glycerine, ruthenium red, photographer: Heigl, H.
- hydrated Pollen - fresh, glycerine, ruthenium red, photographer: Heigl, H.
- polar view - fresh, rehydrated (water) & critical point dried & sputter coated with gold, photographer: Halbritter, H.
- equatorial view - 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.
- polar area - fresh, rehydrated (water) & critical point dried & sputter coated with gold, photographer: Halbritter, H.
- dry pollen grains - dry, sputter coated with gold, photographer: Halbritter, H.
- Ubisch bodies in loculus - fresh, rehydrated (water) & critical point dried & sputter coated with gold, photographer: Halbritter, H.
- interapertural area of pollen wall - fresh, glutaraldehyde & osmium & potassium ferrocyanide, uranyl acetate & lead citrate, photographer: Oberschneider, W.
- aperture - fresh, glutaraldehyde & osmium & potassium ferrocyanide, uranyl acetate & lead citrate, photographer: Oberschneider, W.
- pollen wall and tapetum cells with Ubisch bodies (asterisks) - fresh, glutaraldehyde & osmium & potassium ferrocyanide, uranyl acetate & lead citrate, photographer: Oberschneider, W.
Literature
- (1998) Pollenmorphologie der Ranunculanae. Diplomarbeit. Universität Wien : 125 pp
- (1994) Exkursionsflora von Österreich : 1180
- (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., Oberschneider W., Heigl H. 2020. Eranthis hyemalis. In: PalDat - A palynological database. https://www.paldat.org/pub/Eranthis_hyemalis/303852;jsessionid=1611F5F14E1ECEE301FFC8B5D91B2883; accessed 2024-06-06