Gymnadenia conopsea
Taxonomy: Angiospermae, Asparagales, Orchidaceae, Gymnadenia
Published: 2016-11-07
Pollen Description
Shape, Size and Aperture
pollen unit: massula, dispersal unit and peculiarities: pollinarium, size (pollen unit): very large (>100 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: -, polarity: heteropolar, P/E-ratio: -, shape: irregular, outline in polar view: irregular, dominant orientation (LM): -, P/E-ratio (dry pollen): -, shape (dry pollen): irregular, outline in polar view (dry pollen): irregular, infoldings (dry pollen): irregularly infolded, aperture number: none, aperture type: no aperture, aperture condition: inaperturate, aperture peculiarities: -
Ornamentation and Structure
LM ornamentation LM: -, nexine: -, sexine: -, SEM ornamentation SEM: reticulate, suprasculpture SEM: -, TEM tectum: -, infratectum: -, foot layer: -, endexine: -, intine: -, wall peculiarities: -, supratectal element: -
Miscellaneous
pollen coatings: -, reserves in cytoplasm: -, cell number: -, Ubisch bodies: -
Author(s) of diagnosis: Svojtka, Matthias
Pictures
1. inflorescence(s)
2. pollinarium
3. massulae
4. massulae
5. massula
6. tetrad (in massula)
7. tetrad (in massula)
8. exine surface
Picture legend
- inflorescence(s), photographer: Svojtka, M.
- pollinarium - fresh, rehydrated (water) & critical point dried & sputter coated with gold, photographer: Svojtka, M.
- massulae - fresh, rehydrated (water) & critical point dried & sputter coated with gold, photographer: Svojtka, M.
- massulae - fresh, rehydrated (water) & critical point dried & sputter coated with gold, photographer: Svojtka, M.
- massula - fresh, rehydrated (water) & critical point dried & sputter coated with gold, photographer: Svojtka, M.
- tetrad (in massula) - fresh, rehydrated (water) & critical point dried & sputter coated with gold, photographer: Svojtka, M.
- tetrad (in massula) - fresh, rehydrated (water) & critical point dried & sputter coated with gold, photographer: Svojtka, M.
- exine surface - fresh, rehydrated (water) & critical point dried & sputter coated with gold, photographer: Svojtka, M.
Literature
Copyright and Citation
Cite this publication as:
Svojtka M. 2016. Gymnadenia conopsea. In: PalDat - A palynological database. https://www.paldat.org/pub/Gymnadenia_conopsea/301967; accessed 2025-07-19