Fagus sylvatica
Taxonomy: Angiospermae, Fagales, Fagaceae, Fagus
Links: http://flora.nhm-wien.ac.at/Seiten-Arten/Fagus-sylvatica.htm, https://powo.science.kew.org/taxon/urn:lsid:ipni.org:names:305836-2
Annotations: subgenus Fagus
Published: 2026-07-28
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): 36-40 µm, 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: colporate, 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: colporus, aperture condition: colporate, tricolporate, aperture peculiarities: -
Ornamentation and Structure
LM ornamentation LM: rugulate, verrucate, scabrate, nexine: -, sexine: -, SEM ornamentation SEM: rugulate, perforate, suprasculpture SEM: -, TEM tectum: -, infratectum: -, foot layer: -, endexine: -, intine: -, wall peculiarities: -, supratectal element: -
Miscellaneous
pollen coatings: -, reserves in cytoplasm: -, cell number: -, Ubisch bodies: present
Author(s) of diagnosis: Halbritter, Heidemarie; Bouchal, Johannes Martin; Heigl, Helmut; Koelzer, Karen
Pictures
1. acetolyzed pollen, equatorial view
2. acetolyzed pollen, polar view
3. acetolyzed pollen, equatorial view
4. acetolyzed pollen, polar view
5. hydrated pollen, equatorial view, aperture
6. hydrated pollen, equatorial view
7. hydrated pollen, polar view
8. hydrated pollen, polar view
9. hydrated pollen, polar view
10. hydrated pollen, polar view
11. hydrated pollen, oblique view
12. hydrated pollen, equatorial view
13. hydrated pollen, equatorial view
14. hydrated pollen
15. hydrated pollen
16. hydrated pollen
17. hydrated pollen
18. polar view
19. polar view
20. equatorial view
21. aperture
22. aperture
23. aperture detail
24. exine surface
25. polar area
26. dry pollen
27. pollen grain on locule wall with Ubisch bodies
28. Ubisch bodies on locule wall
Picture legend
- acetolyzed pollen, equatorial view - dry, acetolyzed & glycerine, unstained, photographer: Bouchal, J.
- acetolyzed pollen, polar view - dry, acetolyzed & glycerine, unstained, photographer: Bouchal, J.
- acetolyzed pollen, equatorial view - dry, acetolyzed & glycerine, unstained, photographer: Bouchal, J.
- acetolyzed pollen, polar view - dry, acetolyzed & glycerine, unstained, photographer: Bouchal, J.
- hydrated pollen, equatorial view, aperture - fresh, glycerine-gelatine, fuchsin, photographer: Koelzer, K.
- hydrated pollen, equatorial view - fresh, glycerine-gelatine, fuchsin, photographer: Koelzer, K.
- hydrated pollen, polar view - fresh, glycerine-gelatine, fuchsin, photographer: Koelzer, K.
- hydrated pollen, polar view - fresh, glycerine-gelatine, fuchsin, photographer: Koelzer, K.
- hydrated pollen, polar view - fresh, glycerine-gelatine, fuchsin, photographer: Koelzer, K.
- hydrated pollen, polar view - fresh, glycerine-gelatine, fuchsin, photographer: Koelzer, K.
- hydrated pollen, oblique view - fresh, glycerine-gelatine, fuchsin, photographer: Koelzer, K.
- hydrated pollen, equatorial view - fresh, glycerine-gelatine, fuchsin, photographer: Koelzer, K.
- hydrated pollen, equatorial view - fresh, glycerine-gelatine, fuchsin, photographer: Koelzer, K.
- hydrated pollen - fresh, glycerine-gelatine, fuchsin, photographer: Koelzer, K.
- 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 - dry, rehydrated (water) & critical point dried & sputter coated with gold, photographer: Halbritter, H.
- polar view - dry, rehydrated (water) & critical point dried & sputter coated with gold, photographer: Halbritter, H.
- equatorial view - dry, rehydrated (water) & critical point dried & sputter coated with gold, photographer: Halbritter, H.
- aperture - dry, rehydrated (water) & critical point dried & sputter coated with gold, photographer: Halbritter, H.
- aperture - dry, rehydrated (water) & critical point dried & sputter coated with gold, photographer: Halbritter, H.
- aperture detail - dry, rehydrated (water) & critical point dried & sputter coated with gold, photographer: Halbritter, H.
- exine surface - dry, rehydrated (water) & critical point dried & sputter coated with gold, photographer: Halbritter, H.
- polar area - dry, rehydrated (water) & critical point dried & sputter coated with gold, photographer: Halbritter, H.
- dry pollen - dry, sputter coated with gold, photographer: Halbritter, H.
- pollen grain on locule wall with Ubisch bodies - dry, rehydrated (water) & critical point dried & sputter coated with gold, photographer: Halbritter, H.
- Ubisch bodies on locule wall - dry, rehydrated (water) & critical point dried & sputter coated with gold, photographer: Halbritter, H.
Literature
- (1986) Pollen wall structure, a new interpretation. Scan Electron Microscop I: 291-299
- (1990) Pollen exine substructure in Fagus (Fagaceae): role of tufts in exine expansion. Can J Bot 68: 2195-2200
- (1989) Palaeobotanical studies in Fagaceae of the European tertiary. Pl Syst Evol 162: 213-229
- (1982) Fagaceae L. Fagoideae World Pollen and Spore Flora 11: 1–28
Copyright and Citation
Cite this publication as:
Halbritter H., Bouchal J., Heigl H., Koelzer K. 2026. Fagus sylvatica. In: PalDat - A palynological database. /pub/Fagus_sylvatica/307041; accessed 2026-07-30