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
1. flower(s)
2. flower(s)
3. detail of flower(s)
4. generative cell
5. equatorial view
6. equatorial view
7. equatorial view
8. polar view
9. equatorial view
10. detail of aperture
11. exine surface
12. polar area
13. dry pollen grains
14. pollen wall, interapertural area
15. aperture
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=7C4849AD4A75EC52BDBFC0DC10552E18; accessed 2019-04-26