Pleurothallis loranthophylla
Taxonomy: Spermatophyta, Orchidales, Orchidaceae, Pleurothallis
Published: 2012-03-30
Pollen Description
Shape, Size and Aperture
pollen unit: pollinium, dispersal unit and peculiarities: pollinarium, size (pollen unit): very large (>100 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: polyad, inaperturate, polarity: heteropolar, P/E-ratio: -, shape: irregular, outline in polar view: irregular, dominant orientation (LM): -, P/E-ratio (dry pollen): -, shape (dry pollen): irregular, outline in polar view (dry pollen): irregular, infoldings (dry pollen): irregularly infolded, aperture number: none, aperture type: no aperture, aperture condition: inaperturate, aperture peculiarities: -
Ornamentation and Structure
LM ornamentation LM: -, nexine: -, sexine: -, SEM ornamentation SEM: no suitable term, suprasculpture SEM: -, TEM tectum: eutectate, infratectum: -, foot layer: -, endexine: -, intine: -, wall peculiarities: -, supratectal element: -
Miscellaneous
pollen coatings: -, reserves in cytoplasm: -, cell number: -, Ubisch bodies: -
Author(s) of diagnosis: Svojtka, M.
Pictures
1. pollinarium
2. pollinarium
3. pollinium (hard)
4. tetrads (forming pollinium)
5. tetrad
6. tetrads (in pollinium)
7. exine surface
8. tetrads (in pollinium)
9. viscidium
10. pollinarium
11. viscidium
12. pollinium
13. tetrads (forming pollinium)
14. tetrad
15. exine surface
Picture legend
- pollinarium - fixed, formaldehyde & critical point dried & sputter coated with gold, photographer: Svojtka, M.
- pollinarium, formaldehyde, photographer: Svojtka, M.
- pollinium (hard) - fixed, formaldehyde & critical point dried & sputter coated with gold, photographer: Svojtka, M.
- tetrads (forming pollinium) - fixed, formaldehyde & critical point dried & sputter coated with gold, photographer: Svojtka, M.
- tetrad - fixed, formaldehyde & critical point dried & sputter coated with gold, photographer: Svojtka, M.
- tetrads (in pollinium), formaldehyde, photographer: Svojtka, M.
- exine surface - fixed, formaldehyde & critical point dried & sputter coated with gold, photographer: Svojtka, M.
- tetrads (in pollinium), formaldehyde, photographer: Svojtka, M.
- viscidium, formaldehyde, photographer: Svojtka, M.
- pollinarium - dry, formaldehyde, photographer: Svojtka, M.
- viscidium - fixed, formaldehyde & critical point dried & sputter coated with gold, photographer: Svojtka, M.
- pollinium - dry, formaldehyde, photographer: Svojtka, M.
- tetrads (forming pollinium) - dry, formaldehyde, photographer: Svojtka, M.
- tetrad - dry, formaldehyde, photographer: Svojtka, M.
- exine surface - dry, formaldehyde, photographer: Svojtka, M.
Literature
Copyright and Citation
Cite this publication as:
Svojtka M. 2012. Pleurothallis loranthophylla. In: PalDat - A palynological database. https://www.paldat.org/pub/Pleurothallis_loranthophylla/208092;jsessionid=DB90947784DD496AA0B67C05DDF5FD70; accessed 2024-04-24