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Salvia nemorosa

Taxonomy: Angiospermae, Lamiales, Lamiaceae, Salvia

Published: 2016-03-01

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: 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: colpate, hexacolpate,  aperture peculiarities: aperture membrane ornamented, stephanoaperturate

Ornamentation and Structure

LMornamentation LM: reticulate,  nexine: -,  sexine: -,  SEMornamentation SEM: microreticulate, reticulate, bireticulate,  suprasculpture SEM: -,  TEMtectum: semitectate,  infratectum: columellate,  foot layer: discontinuous,  endexine: compact-continuous,  intine: monolayered,  wall peculiarities: -,  supratectal element: -

Miscellaneous

pollen coatings: pollenkitt,  reserves in cytoplasm: starch, lipids,  cell number: 3-celled,  Ubisch bodies: absent

Annotations: thin endexine

Author(s) of diagnosis: Ulrich, Silvia

Pictures

habitus

1. habitus

flower(s)

2. flower(s)

flowers of Salvia nemorosa

3. flowers of Salvia nemorosa

sperm cells

4. sperm cells

upper focus

5. upper focus

optical section

6. optical section

lower focus

7. lower focus

pollenkitt

8. pollenkitt

pollenkitt

9. pollenkitt

polar view

10. polar view

equatorial view

11. equatorial view

slightly oblique equatorial view

12. slightly oblique equatorial view

detail of aperture

13. detail of aperture

exine surface

14. exine surface

exine surface

15. exine surface

polar area

16. polar area

dry pollen grains

17. dry pollen grains

cross section of pollen grains

18. cross section of pollen grains

pollen wall

19. pollen wall

pollen wall; aperture area

20. pollen wall; aperture area

pollen wall at transition of aperture and interapertural area

21. pollen wall at transition of aperture and interapertural area

pollen wall at transition of aperture and interapertural area

22. pollen wall at transition of aperture and interapertural area

pollen wall and pollenkitt in loculus

23. pollen wall and pollenkitt in loculus

pollen wall at transition of aperture and interapertural area

24. pollen wall at transition of aperture and interapertural area

pollen wall at transition of aperture and interapertural area

25. pollen wall at transition of aperture and interapertural area

pollen wall; interapertural area

26. pollen wall; interapertural area

pollen wall; interapertural area

27. pollen wall; interapertural area

pollen wall; interapertural area

28. pollen wall; interapertural area

sperm cell

29. sperm cell

sperm cell

30. sperm cell

vegetative nucleus with nucleolus

31. vegetative nucleus with nucleolus

Picture legend

  1. habitus, photographer: Ulrich, S.
  2. flower(s), photographer: Ulrich, S.
  3. flowers of Salvia nemorosa, photographer: Tweraser, E.
  4. sperm cells - dry, rehydrated (water), aceto-carmine, photographer: Ulrich, S.
  5. upper focus - dry, acetolyzed, unstained, photographer: Ulrich, S.
  6. optical section - dry, acetolyzed, unstained, photographer: Ulrich, S.
  7. lower focus - dry, acetolyzed, unstained, photographer: Ulrich, S.
  8. pollenkitt - dry, rehydrated (water), unstained, photographer: Ulrich, S.
  9. pollenkitt - dry, rehydrated (water), iodine, photographer: Ulrich, S.
  10. polar view - fresh, rehydrated (water) & critical point dried & sputter coated with gold, photographer: Ulrich, S.
  11. equatorial view - fresh, rehydrated (water) & critical point dried & sputter coated with gold, photographer: Ulrich, S.
  12. slightly oblique equatorial view - fresh, rehydrated (water) & critical point dried & sputter coated with gold, photographer: Ulrich, S.
  13. detail of aperture - fresh, rehydrated (water) & critical point dried & sputter coated with gold, photographer: Ulrich, S.
  14. exine surface - fresh, rehydrated (water) & critical point dried & sputter coated with gold, photographer: Ulrich, S.
  15. exine surface - fresh, rehydrated (water) & critical point dried & sputter coated with gold, photographer: Ulrich, S.
  16. polar area - fresh, rehydrated (water) & critical point dried & sputter coated with gold, photographer: Ulrich, S.
  17. dry pollen grains - dry, sputter coated with gold, photographer: Ulrich, S.
  18. cross section of pollen grains - fresh, glutaraldehyde & osmium & potassium ferrocyanide, potassium permanganate, photographer: Ulrich, S.
  19. pollen wall - fresh, glutaraldehyde & osmium & potassium ferrocyanide, modified Thiéry-test, photographer: Ulrich, S.
  20. pollen wall; aperture area - fresh, glutaraldehyde & osmium & potassium ferrocyanide, uranyl acetate & lead citrate, photographer: Ulrich, S.
  21. pollen wall at transition of aperture and interapertural area - fresh, glutaraldehyde & osmium & potassium ferrocyanide, uranyl acetate & lead citrate, photographer: Ulrich, S.
  22. pollen wall at transition of aperture and interapertural area - fresh, glutaraldehyde & osmium & potassium ferrocyanide, modified Thiéry-test, photographer: Ulrich, S.
  23. pollen wall and pollenkitt in loculus - fresh, glutaraldehyde & osmium & potassium ferrocyanide, modified Thiéry-test, photographer: Ulrich, S.
  24. pollen wall at transition of aperture and interapertural area - fresh, glutaraldehyde & osmium & potassium ferrocyanide, potassium permanganate, photographer: Ulrich, S.
  25. pollen wall at transition of aperture and interapertural area - fresh, glutaraldehyde & osmium & potassium ferrocyanide, potassium permanganate, photographer: Ulrich, S.
  26. pollen wall; interapertural area - fresh, glutaraldehyde & osmium & potassium ferrocyanide, modified Thiéry-test, photographer: Ulrich, S.
  27. pollen wall; interapertural area - fresh, glutaraldehyde & osmium & potassium ferrocyanide, uranyl acetate & lead citrate, photographer: Ulrich, S.
  28. pollen wall; interapertural area - fresh, glutaraldehyde & osmium & potassium ferrocyanide, potassium permanganate, photographer: Ulrich, S.
  29. sperm cell - fresh, glutaraldehyde & osmium & potassium ferrocyanide, modified Thiéry-test, photographer: Ulrich, S.
  30. sperm cell - fresh, glutaraldehyde & osmium & potassium ferrocyanide, modified Thiéry-test, photographer: Ulrich, S.
  31. vegetative nucleus with nucleolus - fresh, glutaraldehyde & osmium & potassium ferrocyanide, uranyl acetate & lead citrate, photographer: Ulrich, S.

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
  • FISCHER MA, ADLER W, OSWALD K (2005) Exkursionsflora für Österreich, Liechtenstein und Südtirol : 1180

Copyright and Citation

Cite this publication as:

Ulrich S., Tweraser E. 2016. Salvia nemorosa. In: PalDat - A palynological database. https://www.paldat.org/pub/Salvia_nemorosa/300515;jsessionid=F5C1C7FA8E9D53EC6D253ED1F3A08DC4; accessed 2024-04-20

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