Papaver rhoeas
Taxonomy: Spermatophyta, Papaverales, Papaveraceae, Papaver
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: -, aperture condition: colpate, aperture peculiarities: aperture membrane ornamented
Ornamentation and Structure
LM ornamentation LM: psilate, nexine: -, sexine: -, SEM ornamentation SEM: microechinate, perforate, suprasculpture SEM: -, TEM tectum: eutectate, infratectum: columellate, foot layer: discontinuous, endexine: compact-continuous, intine: monolayered, wall peculiarities: -, supratectal element: -
Miscellaneous
pollen coatings: pollenkitt, reserves in cytoplasm: starch, lipids, cell number: 2-celled, Ubisch bodies: present
Author(s) of diagnosis: Oberschneider, W.
Pictures
1. flower(s)
2. upper focus
3. optical section
4. lower focus
5. polar view
6. equatorial view
7. detail of aperture
8. exine surface
9. polar view of dry pollen grain
10. equatorial view
11. interapertural area of pollen wall
12. aperture
13. generative cell (top right) and vegetative nucleus
Picture legend
- flower(s), photographer: Oberschneider, W.
- upper focus - fresh, acetolyzed, unstained, photographer: Oberschneider, W.
- optical section - fresh, acetolyzed, unstained, photographer: Oberschneider, W.
- lower focus - fresh, acetolyzed, unstained, photographer: Oberschneider, W.
- polar view - fresh, rehydration (water) & chloroform & critical point dried & sputter coated with gold, photographer: Oberschneider, W.
- equatorial view - fresh, rehydration (water) & chloroform & critical point dried & sputter coated with gold, photographer: Oberschneider, W.
- detail of aperture - fresh, rehydration (water) & chloroform & critical point dried & sputter coated with gold, photographer: Oberschneider, W.
- exine surface - fresh, rehydration (water) & chloroform & DMP & critical point dried, photographer: Oberschneider, W.
- polar view of dry pollen grain - dry, sputter coated with gold, photographer: Oberschneider, W.
- equatorial view - dry, sputter coated with gold, photographer: Oberschneider, W.
- interapertural area of pollen wall - fresh, glutaraldehyde & osmium & potassium ferrocyanide, modified Thiéry-test, photographer: Oberschneider, W.
- aperture - fresh, glutaraldehyde & osmium & potassium ferrocyanide, modified Thiéry-test, photographer: Oberschneider, W.
- generative cell (top right) and vegetative nucleus - fresh, glutaraldehyde & osmium & potassium ferrocyanide, uranyl acetate & lead citrate, photographer: Oberschneider, W.
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
Copyright and Citation
Cite this publication as:
Oberschneider W. 2005. Papaver rhoeas. In: PalDat - A palynological database. https://www.paldat.org/pub/Papaver_rhoeas/110319;jsessionid=516716F45A5F27512CD50E55F51171E7; accessed 2024-04-18