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Primula veris

Taxonomy: Spermatophyta, Primulales, Primulaceae, Primula

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: 6,  aperture type: -,  aperture condition: colpate,  aperture peculiarities: -

Ornamentation and Structure

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

Miscellaneous

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

Annotations: Heterostyle; pollen grains of short-styled plants are much bigger and have mostly more than 6 colpi.

Author(s) of diagnosis: Halbritter, H.

Pictures

flower(s)

1. flower(s)

hydrated pollen grains; short-styled morph (left) and long-styled morph (right)

2. hydrated pollen grains; short-styled morph (left) and long-styled morph (right)

polar view (long-styled morph)

3. polar view (long-styled morph)

equatorial view (long-styled morph)

4. equatorial view (long-styled morph)

aperture

5. aperture

polar area

6. polar area

dry pollen grains

7. dry pollen grains

Picture legend

  1. flower(s), photographer: Halbritter, H.
  2. hydrated pollen grains; short-styled morph (left) and long-styled morph (right) - fresh, rehydrated (water) & critical point dried & sputter coated with gold, photographer: Halbritter, H.
  3. polar view (long-styled morph) - fresh, rehydrated (water) & critical point dried & sputter coated with gold, photographer: Halbritter, H.
  4. equatorial view (long-styled morph) - fresh, rehydrated (water) & critical point dried & sputter coated with gold, photographer: Halbritter, H.
  5. aperture - fresh, rehydrated (water) & critical point dried & sputter coated with gold, photographer: Halbritter, H.
  6. polar area - fresh, rehydrated (water) & critical point dried & sputter coated with gold, photographer: Halbritter, H.
  7. dry pollen grains - dry, sputter coated with gold, photographer: Halbritter, H.

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Copyright and Citation

Cite this publication as:

Halbritter H. 2005. Primula veris. In: PalDat - A palynological database. https://www.paldat.org/pub/Primula_veris/110709;jsessionid=870E475C1D9299BC7E8EB0F252C7539B; accessed 2024-04-19

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