Polygala myrtifolia

Taxonomy: Angiospermae, Fabales, Polygalaceae, Polygala

Published: 2016-07-06

Pollen Description

Shape, Size and Aperture

pollen unit: monad, dispersal unit and peculiarities: monad, size (pollen unit): large (51-100 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: 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): circular, infoldings (dry pollen): no suitable term, aperture number: >6, aperture type: colporus, aperture condition: colporate, stephanocolporate, aperture peculiarities: -

Ornamentation and Structure

LM ornamentation LM: -, nexine: -, sexine: -, SEM ornamentation SEM: psilate, suprasculpture SEM: -, TEM tectum: -, infratectum: -, foot layer: -, endexine: -, intine: -, wall peculiarities: -, supratectal element: -

Miscellaneous

pollen coatings: -, reserves in cytoplasm: -, cell number: -, Ubisch bodies: absent

Annotations: dry pollen barrel-shaped

Author(s) of diagnosis: Halbritter, Heidemarie

Pictures

1. habitus

2. flower(s)

3. hydrated pollen

4. polar view

5. equatorial view

6. apertures

7. aperture detail

8. polar area

9. dry pollen

Picture legend

habitus, photographer: Buchner, R.
flower(s), photographer: Buchner, R.
hydrated pollen - dry, rehydrated (water) & critical point dried & sputter coated with gold, photographer: Halbritter, H.
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.
apertures - dry, rehydrated (water) & critical point dried & sputter coated with gold, photographer: Halbritter, H.
aperture detail - 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

Halbritter, H (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., Buchner R. 2016. Polygala myrtifolia. In: PalDat - A palynological database. https://www.paldat.org/pub/Polygala_myrtifolia/301184; accessed 2024-11-10

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