Salvia austriaca
Taxonomy: Angiospermae, Lamiales, Lamiaceae, Salvia
Published: 2016-11-08
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: colpate, polarity: isopolar, P/E-ratio: oblate, shape: -, outline in polar view: elliptic, dominant orientation (LM): -, P/E-ratio (dry pollen): prolate, shape (dry pollen): -, outline in polar view (dry pollen): elliptic, infoldings (dry pollen): aperture(s) sunken, aperture number: 6, aperture type: colpus, aperture condition: hexacolpate, colpate, stephanocolpate, aperture peculiarities: aperture membrane ornamented, stephanoaperturate
Ornamentation and Structure
LM ornamentation LM: reticulate, nexine: -, sexine: -, SEM ornamentation SEM: reticulate, bireticulate, microreticulate, suprasculpture SEM: -, TEM tectum: semitectate, infratectum: columellate, foot layer: discontinuous, endexine: absent, intine: monolayered, wall peculiarities: -, supratectal element: -
Miscellaneous
pollen coatings: pollenkitt, reserves in cytoplasm: starch, lipids, cell number: 3-celled, Ubisch bodies: absent
Annotations: polar area psilate
Author(s) of diagnosis: Tweraser, Enikö; Loos, Claudia
Pictures
1. flower(s)
2. polar view, upper focus
3. optical section
4. polar view, lower focus
5. polar view
6. equatorial view
7. exine surface
8. polar area
9. dry pollen grains
10. dry pollen grain in equatorial view
11. detail of aperture of dry pollen grain
12. exine surface of dry pollen grain
13. pollen grain in cross section
14. interapertural area of pollen wall
15. apertural area of pollen wall
16. vegetative nucleus
Picture legend
- flower(s), photographer: Tweraser, E.
- polar view, upper focus - fresh, acetolyzed, unstained, photographer: Loos, C.
- optical section - fresh, acetolyzed, unstained, photographer: Loos, C.
- polar view, lower focus - fresh, acetolyzed, unstained, photographer: Loos, C.
- polar view - fresh, rehydrated (water) & critical point dried & sputter coated with gold, photographer: Tweraser, E.
- equatorial view - fresh, rehydrated (water) & critical point dried & sputter coated with gold, photographer: Tweraser, E.
- exine surface - fresh, chloroform & critical point dried & sputter coated with gold, photographer: Tweraser, E.
- polar area - fresh, chloroform & critical point dried & sputter coated with gold, photographer: Tweraser, E.
- dry pollen grains - dry, sputter coated with gold, photographer: Tweraser, E.
- dry pollen grain in equatorial view - dry, sputter coated with gold, photographer: Tweraser, E.
- detail of aperture of dry pollen grain - dry, sputter coated with gold, photographer: Tweraser, E.
- exine surface of dry pollen grain - dry, sputter coated with gold, photographer: Tweraser, E.
- pollen grain in cross section - fresh, glutaraldehyde & osmium & potassium ferrocyanide, uranyl acetate & lead citrate, photographer: Loos, C.
- interapertural area of pollen wall - fresh, glutaraldehyde & osmium & potassium ferrocyanide, modified Thiéry-test, photographer: Loos, C.
- apertural area of pollen wall - fresh, glutaraldehyde & osmium & potassium ferrocyanide, modified Thiéry-test, photographer: Loos, C.
- vegetative nucleus - fresh, glutaraldehyde & osmium & potassium ferrocyanide, modified Thiéry-test, photographer: Loos, C.
Literature
- (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:
Tweraser E., Loos C. 2016. Salvia austriaca. In: PalDat - A palynological database. https://www.paldat.org/pub/Salvia_austriaca/302122;jsessionid=BEFB59EDC6A0A02B7DCC5EC649A1A86F; accessed 2025-05-03