Fagus sylvatica
Taxonomy: Angiospermae, Fagales, Fagaceae, Fagus
Links: http://flora.nhm-wien.ac.at/Seiten-Arten/Fagus-sylvatica.htm
Annotations: subgenus Fagus
Published: 2021-01-04
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: verrucate, scabrate, gemmate, 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
Pictures
1. acetolyzed pollen, equatorial view
2. acetolyzed pollen, polar view
3. acetolyzed pollen, equatorial view
4. acetolyzed pollen, polar view
5. hydrated pollen
6. hydrated pollen
7. hydrated pollen
8. polar view
9. polar view
10. equatorial view
11. aperture
12. aperture
13. aperture detail
14. exine surface
15. polar area
16. dry pollen
17. pollen grain on locule wall with Ubisch bodies
18. 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 - 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. 2021. Fagus sylvatica. In: PalDat - A palynological database. https://www.paldat.org/pub/Fagus_sylvatica/304830;jsessionid=AB6D91B0D9506DF7C66EBBCB4DE7A2D0; accessed 2024-04-19