Myosotis sylvatica
Taxonomy: Angiospermae, unplaced, Boraginaceae, Myosotis
Published: 2016-11-17
Pollen Description
Shape, Size and Aperture
pollen unit: monad, dispersal unit and peculiarities: monad, size (pollen unit): very small (<10 µm), pollen class: colporate, polarity: isopolar, shape: prolate, outline in polar view: circular, shape (dry pollen): prolate, outline in polar view (dry pollen): lobate, infoldings (dry pollen): not infolded, aperture number: 3, aperture type: colporus, aperture condition: colporate, tricolporate, aperture peculiarities: heteroaperturate, margo, pseudocolpus, lalongate
Ornamentation and Structure
LM ornamentation LM: -, nexine: -, sexine: -, SEM ornamentation SEM: perforate, TEM tectum: -, infratectum: -, foot layer: -, endexine: -, intine: -, wall peculiarities: tenuitas
Miscellaneous
pollen coatings: -, reserves in cytoplasm: -, cell number: -, Ubisch bodies: present
- Annotations
triangular tenuitas on the poles
Pictures
1. flower(s)
2. hydrated pollen grains
3. polar view
4. equatorial view
5. dry pollen grains
Picture legend
- flower(s), photographer: Halbritter, H.
- hydrated pollen grains - 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.
- equatorial view - 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. 2016. Myosotis sylvatica. In: PalDat - A palynological database. https://www.paldat.org/pub/Myosotis_sylvatica/302284;jsessionid=C520D2669E049989310981B999F36B83; accessed 2019-02-17