Lythrum salicaria
Taxonomy: Spermatophyta, Myrtales, Lythraceae, Lythrum
Published: 2005-06-01
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: -, polarity: isopolar, P/E-ratio: -, shape: spheroidal, outline in polar view: circular, dominant orientation (LM): -, 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, aperture peculiarities: heteroaperturate, aperture membrane ornamented
Ornamentation and Structure
LM ornamentation LM: -, nexine: -, sexine: -, SEM ornamentation SEM: striate, suprasculpture SEM: -, TEM tectum: eutectate, infratectum: columellate, foot layer: continuous, endexine: compact-continuous, intine: -, wall peculiarities: -, supratectal element: -
Miscellaneous
pollen coatings: primexine matrix, reserves in cytoplasm: starch, cell number: -, Ubisch bodies: absent
Annotations: endexine very thin; tristyle flowers; 3 types of anthers: (1) long filaments, blue pollen grains, size medium (2) long filaments, yellow pollen grains, size smaller than (1) (3) short filaments, yellow pollen grains, size small; more psilate ornamentation; no starch; apertures: 3 colpori and 3 pseudocolpi inbetween
Author(s) of diagnosis: Halbritter, H.; Weber, M.
Pictures
Picture legend
- flower(s), photographer: Halbritter, H.
- blue pollen grain (left) and yellow pollen grain (right), pollen size different between the morphs - fresh, rehydrated (water) & critical point dried & sputter coated with gold, photographer: Halbritter, H.
- polar view - fresh, rehydrated (water) & critical point dried & sputter coated with gold, photographer: Halbritter, H.
- polar view of yellow pollen grain from anthers with short filaments - fresh, rehydrated (water) & critical point dried & sputter coated with gold, photographer: Halbritter, H.
- equatorial view - fresh, rehydrated (water) & critical point dried & sputter coated with gold, photographer: Halbritter, H.
- equatorial view of blue pollen grain - 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.
- polar area - fresh, rehydrated (water) & critical point dried & sputter coated with gold, photographer: Halbritter, H.
- dry pollen grains - dry, sputter coated with gold, photographer: Halbritter, H.
- pollen wall near aperture - fresh, glutaraldehyde & osmium & potassium ferrocyanide, uranyl acetate & lead citrate, photographer: Weber, M.
- pollen wall; note thin endexine - fresh, glutaraldehyde & osmium & potassium ferrocyanide, uranyl acetate & lead citrate, photographer: Weber, M.
- detail of aperture - fresh, glutaraldehyde & osmium & potassium ferrocyanide, uranyl acetate & lead citrate, photographer: Weber, M.
Literature
- (2003) Lythraceae. The Northwest European Pollen Flora 68. Rev Palaeobot Palynol 123: 163-180
Copyright and Citation
Cite this publication as:
Halbritter H., Weber M. 2005. Lythrum salicaria. In: PalDat - A palynological database. https://www.paldat.org/pub/Lythrum_salicaria/110003;jsessionid=ED519C54CE50D407EDE036A343554F0F; accessed 2024-03-29