Leptocladia microhelia
Taxonomy: Angiospermae, Caryophyllales, Cactaceae, Leptocladia
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: -, P/E-ratio: -, shape: spheroidal, outline in polar view: circular, dominant orientation (LM): -, P/E-ratio (dry pollen): -, shape (dry pollen): -, outline in polar view (dry pollen): -, infoldings (dry pollen): aperture(s) sunken, aperture number: 6, aperture type: colpus, aperture condition: pantocolpate, hexacolpate, colpate, aperture peculiarities: aperture membrane ornamented, pantoaperturate
Ornamentation and Structure
LM ornamentation LM: -, nexine: -, sexine: -, SEM ornamentation SEM: perforate, microechinate, suprasculpture SEM: -, TEM tectum: -, infratectum: -, foot layer: -, endexine: -, intine: -, wall peculiarities: -, supratectal element: -
Miscellaneous
pollen coatings: -, reserves in cytoplasm: -, cell number: -, Ubisch bodies: -
Annotations: varying number of colpi; mostly 6; pantoaperturate, but also tricolpate pollen grains
Author(s) of diagnosis: Halbritter, Heidemarie
Pictures
1. habitus
2. flower(s)
3. flower(s)
4. hydrated pollen grains
5. pantocolpate pollen grain
6. tricolpate pollen grain
7. aperture
8. exine surface
9. exine surface
10. dry pollen grains
Picture legend
- habitus, photographer: Buchner, R.
- flower(s), photographer: Buchner, R.
- flower(s), photographer: Buchner, R.
- hydrated pollen grains - fresh, rehydrated (water) & critical point dried & sputter coated with gold, photographer: Halbritter, H.
- pantocolpate pollen grain - fresh, rehydrated (water) & critical point dried & sputter coated with gold, photographer: Halbritter, H.
- tricolpate pollen grain - fresh, rehydrated (water) & critical point dried & sputter coated with gold, photographer: Halbritter, H.
- 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.
- 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
- (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., Buchner R. 2016. Leptocladia microhelia. In: PalDat - A palynological database. https://www.paldat.org/pub/Leptocladia_microhelia/302117;jsessionid=28A51D9C749C3E0AF8AFEC545AA6E5A7; accessed 2024-04-20