Lavandula angustifolia

Taxonomy: Angiospermae, Lamiales, Lamiaceae, Lavandula

Published: 2016-11-08

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): -, 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: colpate, polarity: isopolar, P/E-ratio: oblate, shape: -, outline in polar view: elliptic, dominant orientation (LM): -, P/E-ratio (dry pollen): prolate, shape (dry pollen): -, outline in polar view (dry pollen): elliptic, infoldings (dry pollen): aperture(s) sunken, aperture number: 6, aperture type: colpus, aperture condition: stephanocolpate, hexacolpate, colpate, aperture peculiarities: stephanoaperturate

Ornamentation and Structure

LM ornamentation LM: -, nexine: -, sexine: -, SEM ornamentation SEM: foveolate, 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: Halbritter, Heidemarie; Weber, Martina

Pictures

1. polar view

2. detail of aperture

3. exine surface

4. dry pollen grains

Picture legend

polar view - fresh, rehydrated (water) & critical point dried & sputter coated with gold, photographer: Halbritter, H.
detail of 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.
dry pollen grains - dry, sputter coated with gold, photographer: Halbritter, H.

Literature

Suárez-Cervera M, Seoane-Camba J (1985) Étude du pollen de Lavandula viridis L'Her. (Lamiaceae). Sci Géol Bull 38: 107-119
Suárez-Cervera M, Seoane-Camba JA (1983) Estudio comparativo al microscopio electronico de transmision de la ultraestructura del grano de polen en algunas especies del genero Lavandula L. In: Solé de Porta N., Suarez-Cervera M. (eds) Actas del IV Simposio de Palinologia : 105-113
Suárez-Cervera M, Seoane-Camba JA (1986) On the exine elasticity in the Lavandula dentata L. pollen grains. In: Pollen and Spores: Form and Function. The Linnean Society of London, London : 409-411
Suárez-Cervera M, Seoane-Camba JA (1986) Ontogénèse des grains de pollen de Lavandula dentata L. et évolution des cellules tapétales. Pollen et Spores 28: 5-28
Suárez-Cervera M, Seoane-Camba JA (1986) Taxonomía numérica de algunas especies de Lavandula L., basada en caracteres morfológicos, cariológicos y palinológicos. Anales Jard Bot Madrid 42: 395-409
Suárez-Cervera M, Seoane-Camba JA (1987) Pollen morphology of Iberian species of Lavandula L. functional and taxonomic significance. Anales Asoc Palin Lengua Esp 3: 19-34
Halbritter, H (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., Weber M. 2016. Lavandula angustifolia. In: PalDat - A palynological database. https://www.paldat.org/pub/Lavandula_angustifolia/302125;jsessionid=733038319613499013423E6001261491; accessed 2024-04-19

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