Robinia pseudacacia
Taxonomy: Angiospermae, Fabales, Fabaceae, Robinia
Published: 2016-08-01
Pollen Description
Shape, Size and Aperture
pollen unit: monad, dispersal unit and peculiarities: monad, size (pollen unit): medium-sized (26-50 µm), pollen class: colporate, polarity: isopolar, shape: spheroidal, outline in polar view: circular, shape (dry pollen): prolate, outline in polar view (dry pollen): lobate, infoldings (dry pollen): aperture(s) sunken, aperture number: 3, aperture type: colporus, aperture condition: colporate, tricolporate, aperture peculiarities: -
Ornamentation and Structure
LM ornamentation LM: psilate, nexine: -, sexine: -, SEM ornamentation SEM: perforate, psilate, TEM tectum: eutectate, infratectum: columellate, foot layer: continuous, endexine: compact-continuous, intine: monolayered, wall peculiarities: -
Miscellaneous
pollen coatings: absent, reserves in cytoplasm: starch, cell number: 2-celled, Ubisch bodies: absent
Author(s) of diagnosis: Halbritter, Heidemarie; Sam, SaskiaPictures
Picture legend
- flower(s), photographer: Sam, S.
- flower(s), photographer: Halbritter, H.
- detail of flower(s), photographer: Sam, S.
- generative cell - fresh, unfixed, aceto-carmine, photographer: Sam, S.
- equatorial view - fresh, acetolyzed, unstained, photographer: Sam, S.
- equatorial view - fresh, acetolyzed, unstained, photographer: Sam, S.
- equatorial view - fresh, acetolyzed, unstained, photographer: Sam, S.
- polar view - fresh, rehydrated (water) & critical point dried & sputter coated with gold, photographer: Halbritter, H.
- equatorial view - fresh, rehydrated (water) & critical point dried & sputter coated with gold, photographer: Halbritter, H.
- detail of aperture - fresh, rehydrated (water) & critical point dried & sputter coated with gold, photographer: Halbritter, H.
- exine surface - fresh, rehydrated (water) & critical point dried & sputter coated with gold, photographer: Halbritter, H.
- polar area - fresh, rehydrated (water) & critical point dried & sputter coated with gold, photographer: Halbritter, H.
- dry pollen grains - dry, sputter coated with gold, photographer: Halbritter, H.
- pollen wall, interapertural area - fresh, glutaraldehyde & potassium ferrocyanide & osmium, modified Thiéry-test, photographer: Sam, S.
- aperture - fresh, glutaraldehyde & potassium ferrocyanide & osmium, modified Thiéry-test, photographer: Sam, S.
Literature
- (1994) Exkursionsflora von Österreich : 1180
- (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., Sam S. 2016. Robinia pseudacacia. In: PalDat - A palynological database. https://www.paldat.org/pub/Robinia_pseudacacia/301261;jsessionid=94A4E0EFA2B5092AFA026DEC91087699; accessed 2019-02-19