Phacelia tanacetifolia
Taxonomy: Angiospermae, unplaced, Boraginaceae, Phacelia
Published: 2016-04-01
Pollen Description
Shape, Size and Aperture
pollen unit: monad, dispersal unit and peculiarities: monad, size (pollen unit): small (10-25 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: colporate, 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): elliptic, infoldings (dry pollen): aperture(s) sunken, aperture number: 3, aperture type: colporus, aperture condition: colporate, tricolporate, aperture peculiarities: aperture membrane ornamented, pseudocolpus, heteroaperturate
Ornamentation and Structure
LM ornamentation LM: -, nexine: present, sexine: present, SEM ornamentation SEM: microreticulate, perforate, suprasculpture SEM: -, TEM tectum: -, infratectum: -, foot layer: -, endexine: -, intine: -, wall peculiarities: -, supratectal element: -
Miscellaneous
pollen coatings: -, reserves in cytoplasm: -, cell number: -, Ubisch bodies: present
Annotations: dry pollen medium-sized
Author(s) of diagnosis: Halbritter, Heidemarie; Kratschmer, Sophie
Pictures
1. equatorial view, acetolyzed pollen
2. equatorial view, acetolyzed pollen
3. polar view, acetolyzed pollen
4. polar view
5. equatorial view
6. aperture, colporus
7. pseudocolpus
8. polar area
9. dry pollen
Picture legend
- equatorial view, acetolyzed pollen - dry, acetolyzed & glycerine, unstained, photographer: Kratschmer, S.
- equatorial view, acetolyzed pollen - dry, acetolyzed & glycerine, unstained, photographer: Kratschmer, S.
- polar view, acetolyzed pollen - dry, acetolyzed & glycerine, unstained, photographer: Kratschmer, S.
- polar view - dry, rehydrated (water) & critical point dried & sputter coated with gold, photographer: Halbritter, H.
- equatorial view - dry, rehydrated (water) & critical point dried & sputter coated with gold, photographer: Halbritter, H.
- aperture, colporus - dry, rehydrated (water) & critical point dried & sputter coated with gold, photographer: Halbritter, H.
- pseudocolpus - dry, rehydrated (water) & critical point dried & sputter coated with gold, photographer: Halbritter, H.
- polar area - dry, rehydrated (water) & critical point dried & sputter coated with gold, photographer: Halbritter, H.
- dry pollen - dry, sputter coated with gold, photographer: Halbritter, H.
Literature
- (2008) Exkursionsflora für Österreich, Liechtenstein und Südtirol : 1391
Copyright and Citation
Cite this publication as:
Halbritter H., Kratschmer S. 2016. Phacelia tanacetifolia. In: PalDat - A palynological database. https://www.paldat.org/pub/Phacelia_tanacetifolia/300737; accessed 2024-11-10