Papaver alpinum
Taxonomy: Angiospermae, Ranunculales, Papaveraceae, Papaver
Published: 2021-05-03
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): 21-25 µm, shortest polar axis in equatorial view (LM): 21-25 µm, longest polar axis in equatorial view (LM): 21-25 µm, shortest diameter in equatorial or polar view (LM): 21-25 µm, longest diameter in equatorial or polar view (LM): 21-25 µm, pollen class: colpate, polarity: isopolar, P/E-ratio: -, shape: spheroidal, outline in polar view: circular, dominant orientation (LM): oblique, 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: colpus, aperture condition: colpate, tricolpate, aperture peculiarities: aperture membrane ornamented
Ornamentation and Structure
LM ornamentation LM: scabrate, nexine: -, sexine: -, SEM ornamentation SEM: perforate, microechinate, reticulate, suprasculpture SEM: -, TEM tectum: eutectate, infratectum: columellate, foot layer: continuous, endexine: compact-continuous, intine: monolayered, wall peculiarities: -, supratectal element: -
Miscellaneous
pollen coatings: pollenkitt, reserves in cytoplasm: lipids, starch, cell number: 2-celled, Ubisch bodies: present
Annotations: endexine sporadically interrupted
Author(s) of diagnosis: Auer, Angelika; Halbritter, Heidemarie; Heigl, Helmut
Pictures
1. flower(s)
2. polar view (proximal)
3. optical section
4. polar view (distal)
5. pollen grain with generative cell
6. hydrated pollen
7. hydrated pollen
8. hydrated pollen
9. polar view (oblique)
10. polar view
11. equatorial view
12. equatorial view
13. aperture
14. detail of aperture
15. detail of colpus membrane
16. exine surface
17. exine surface
18. polar area
19. dry pollen grains
20. polar view (dry pollen grain)
21. dry pollen grain in equatorial view
22. locular wall with Ubisch bodies
23. Ubisch bodies on locular wall
24. interapertural area of pollen wall, intine (I), endexine (E)
25. apertural area of pollen wall, intine (I), endexine (E)
26. tapetum cells with Ubisch bodies (U)
Picture legend
- flower(s), photographer: Auer, A.
- polar view (proximal) - fresh, acetolyzed, unstained, photographer: Auer, A.
- optical section - fresh, acetolyzed, unstained, photographer: Auer, A.
- polar view (distal) - fresh, acetolyzed, unstained, photographer: Auer, A.
- pollen grain with generative cell - fixed, formalin-acetic-alcohol, aceto-carmine, photographer: Auer, A.
- hydrated pollen - fresh, glycerine, unstained, photographer: Heigl, H.
- hydrated pollen - fresh, glycerine, ruthenium red, photographer: Heigl, H.
- hydrated pollen - fresh, glycerine, ruthenium red, photographer: Heigl, H.
- polar view (oblique) - fresh, rehydration (water) & critical point dried & sputter coated with gold, photographer: Halbritter, H.
- polar view - fresh, rehydrated (water) & critical point dried & sputter coated with gold, photographer: Auer, A.
- equatorial view - fresh, rehydration (water) & critical point dried & sputter coated with gold, photographer: Halbritter, H.
- equatorial view - fresh, rehydrated (water) & critical point dried & sputter coated with gold, photographer: Auer, A.
- aperture - fresh, rehydration (water) & critical point dried & sputter coated with gold, photographer: Halbritter, H.
- detail of aperture - fresh, rehydration (water) & critical point dried & sputter coated with gold, photographer: Halbritter, H.
- detail of colpus membrane - fresh, rehydrated (water) & critical point dried & sputter coated with gold, photographer: Auer, A.
- exine surface - fresh, rehydration (water) & critical point dried & sputter coated with gold, photographer: Halbritter, H.
- exine surface - fresh, rehydrated (water) & critical point dried & sputter coated with gold, photographer: Auer, A.
- polar area - fresh, rehydration (water) & critical point dried & sputter coated with gold, photographer: Halbritter, H.
- dry pollen grains - dry, sputter coated with gold, photographer: Halbritter, H.
- polar view (dry pollen grain) - dry, sputter coated with gold, photographer: Auer, A.
- dry pollen grain in equatorial view - dry, sputter coated with gold, photographer: Auer, A.
- locular wall with Ubisch bodies - fresh, rehydration (water) & critical point dried & sputter coated with gold, photographer: Halbritter, H.
- Ubisch bodies on locular wall - fresh, rehydration (water) & critical point dried & sputter coated with gold, photographer: Halbritter, H.
- interapertural area of pollen wall, intine (I), endexine (E) - fresh, glutaraldehyde & osmium & potassium ferrocyanide, modified Thiéry-test, photographer: Auer, A.
- apertural area of pollen wall, intine (I), endexine (E) - fresh, glutaraldehyde & osmium & potassium ferrocyanide, modified Thiéry-test, photographer: Auer, A.
- tapetum cells with Ubisch bodies (U) - fresh, glutaraldehyde & osmium & potassium ferrocyanide, uranyl acetate & lead citrate, photographer: Auer, A.
Literature
- (1990) Ultrastructural observations of Papaver rhoeas mature pollen grains. Bot Acta 103: 349-354
- (1998) Pollenmorphologie der Ranunculanae. Diplomarbeit. Universität Wien : 125 pp
- (1989) Three-dimensional observations on freeze-fractured frozen hydrated Papaver dubium pollen with cryo-scanning electron microscopy. Acta Bot Neerl 38: 25-30
- (1991) The ultrastructure of mature Papaver dubium L. pollen grains. Acta Bot Neerl 40: 319-328
- (1994) Exkursionsflora von Österreich : 1180
- (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:
Auer A., Halbritter H., Heigl H. 2021. Papaver alpinum. In: PalDat - A palynological database. https://www.paldat.org/pub/Papaver_alpinum/306027;jsessionid=692A96091A15DC40EF6F103930F36469; accessed 2024-04-19