Galium uliginosum
Taxonomy: Angiospermae, Gentianales, Rubiaceae, Galium
Published: 2018-03-29
Pollen Description
Shape, Size and Aperture
pollen unit: monad, dispersal unit and peculiarities: monad, size (pollen unit): small (10-25 µm), pollen class: colpate, polarity: isopolar, shape: spheroidal, outline in polar view: circular, shape (dry pollen): prolate, outline in polar view (dry pollen): lobate, infoldings (dry pollen): aperture(s) sunken, aperture number: number varies, aperture type: colpus, aperture condition: colpate, stephanocolpate, aperture peculiarities: aperture membrane ornamented, stephanoaperturate
Ornamentation and Structure
LM ornamentation LM: -, nexine: -, sexine: -, SEM ornamentation SEM: microechinate, perforate, TEM tectum: -, infratectum: -, foot layer: -, endexine: -, intine: -, wall peculiarities: -
Miscellaneous
pollen coatings: -, reserves in cytoplasm: -, cell number: -, Ubisch bodies: absent
- Annotations
aperture number varies from 6 to 7; shape in hydrated condition: spheroidal to oblate
Pictures
Picture legend
- inflorescence(s), photographer: Berger, A.
- flower(s), photographer: Berger, A.
- hydrated pollen - dry, rehydrated (water) & critical point dried & sputter coated with gold, photographer: Halbritter, H.
- oblique 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.
- oblique 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.
- 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.
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., BERGER A., Galium uliginosum. In: PalDat (2018-03-29) - a palynological database. Published on the Internet https://www.paldat.org/pub/Galium_uliginosum/303231;jsessionid=6B006E37E0F932B5FF4817984DDE29F1 [accessed 2018-04-20]