Scrophularia nodosa
Taxonomy: Angiospermae, Lamiales, Scrophulariaceae, Scrophularia
Published: 2016-02-08
Pollen Description
Shape, Size and Aperture
pollen unit: monad, dispersal unit and peculiarities: monad, size (pollen unit): small (10-25 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: colporate, 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: 3, aperture type: colporus, aperture condition: colporate, tricolporate, aperture peculiarities: aperture membrane psilate
Ornamentation and Structure
LM ornamentation LM: reticulate, nexine: present, sexine: present, SEM ornamentation SEM: reticulate, suprasculpture SEM: -, TEM tectum: semitectate, infratectum: columellate, foot layer: discontinuous, endexine: compact-discontinuous, intine: monolayered, wall peculiarities: -, supratectal element: -
Miscellaneous
pollen coatings: pollenkitt, reserves in cytoplasm: -, cell number: 2-celled, Ubisch bodies: absent
Annotations: anthers of different flowers contained only young microspores, pollen small to medium-sized
Author(s) of diagnosis: Ulrich, Silvia; Halbritter, Heidemarie
Pictures
1. habitus
2. inflorescence(s)
3. flower(s)
4. upper focus
5. optical section
6. lower focus
7. 2-celled pollen
8. hydrated pollen
9. hydrated pollen, polar view
10. tetrad
11. no starch detected
12. hydrated pollen, polar view
13. polar view
14. hydrated pollen, equatorial view
15. equatorial view
16. aperture
17. aperture
18. detail of aperture
19. exine surface
20. exine surface
21. exine surface
22. polar area
23. polar area
24. dry pollen
25. dry pollen grains
26. cross section of pollen grains
27. cross section of pollen grain (young microspore)
28. cross section of pollen grain (young microspore)
29. pollen wall, aperture area
30. pollen wall, aperture area
31. pollen wall, aperture area
32. pollen wall
33. pollen wall, endexine clearly visible
34. pollen wall, interapertural area, vegetative nucleus
35. pollen wall, interapertural area
Picture legend
- habitus, photographer: Ulrich, S.
- inflorescence(s), photographer: Ulrich, S.
- flower(s), photographer: Halbritter, H.
- upper focus - dry, acetolyzed, unstained, photographer: Ulrich, S.
- optical section - dry, acetolyzed, unstained, photographer: Ulrich, S.
- lower focus - dry, acetolyzed, unstained, photographer: Ulrich, S.
- 2-celled pollen - dry, unfixed, aceto-carmine, photographer: Ulrich, S.
- hydrated pollen - dry, rehydrated (water), unstained, photographer: Ulrich, S.
- hydrated pollen, polar view - dry, rehydrated (water), unstained, photographer: Ulrich, S.
- tetrad - dry, unfixed, iodine, photographer: Ulrich, S.
- no starch detected - dry, unfixed, iodine, photographer: Ulrich, S.
- hydrated pollen, polar view - fresh, rehydration (water) & critical point dried & sputter coated with gold, photographer: Ulrich, S.
- polar view - fresh, rehydrated (water) & critical point dried & sputter coated with gold, photographer: Halbritter, H.
- hydrated pollen, equatorial view - fresh, rehydration (water) & critical point dried & sputter coated with gold, photographer: Ulrich, S.
- equatorial view - fresh, rehydrated (water) & critical point dried & sputter coated with gold, photographer: Halbritter, H.
- aperture - fresh, rehydrated (water) & critical point dried & sputter coated with gold, photographer: Halbritter, H.
- aperture - fresh, rehydration (water) & critical point dried & sputter coated with gold, photographer: Ulrich, S.
- detail of aperture - fresh, rehydration (water) & critical point dried & sputter coated with gold, photographer: Ulrich, S.
- exine surface - fresh, rehydration (water) & critical point dried & sputter coated with gold, photographer: Ulrich, S.
- exine surface - fresh, rehydrated (water) & critical point dried & sputter coated with gold, photographer: Halbritter, H.
- exine surface - fresh, rehydration (water) & critical point dried & sputter coated with gold, photographer: Ulrich, S.
- polar area - fresh, rehydrated (water) & critical point dried & sputter coated with gold, photographer: Halbritter, H.
- polar area - dry, rehydration (water) & critical point dried & sputter coated with gold, photographer: Ulrich, S.
- dry pollen - dry, sputter coated with gold, photographer: Ulrich, S.
- dry pollen grains - dry, sputter coated with gold, photographer: Halbritter, H.
- cross section of pollen grains - fresh, glutaraldehyde & osmium & potassium ferrocyanide, uranyl acetate & lead citrate, photographer: Ulrich, S.
- cross section of pollen grain (young microspore) - fresh, glutaraldehyde & osmium & potassium ferrocyanide, potassium permanganate, photographer: Ulrich, S.
- cross section of pollen grain (young microspore) - fresh, glutaraldehyde & osmium & potassium ferrocyanide, uranyl acetate & lead citrate, photographer: Ulrich, S.
- pollen wall, aperture area - fresh, glutaraldehyde & osmium & potassium ferrocyanide, uranyl acetate & lead citrate, photographer: Ulrich, S.
- pollen wall, aperture area - fresh, glutaraldehyde & osmium & potassium ferrocyanide, modified Thiéry-test, photographer: Ulrich, S.
- pollen wall, aperture area - fresh, glutaraldehyde & osmium & potassium ferrocyanide, potassium permanganate, photographer: Ulrich, S.
- pollen wall - fresh, glutaraldehyde & osmium & potassium ferrocyanide, modified Thiéry-test, photographer: Ulrich, S.
- pollen wall, endexine clearly visible - fresh, glutaraldehyde & osmium & potassium ferrocyanide, potassium permanganate, photographer: Ulrich, S.
- pollen wall, interapertural area, vegetative nucleus - fresh, glutaraldehyde & osmium & potassium ferrocyanide, uranyl acetate & lead citrate, photographer: Ulrich, S.
- pollen wall, interapertural area - fresh, glutaraldehyde & osmium & potassium ferrocyanide, potassium permanganate, photographer: Ulrich, S.
Literature
Copyright and Citation
Cite this publication as:
Ulrich S., Halbritter H. 2016. Scrophularia nodosa. In: PalDat - A palynological database. https://www.paldat.org/pub/Scrophularia_nodosa/300424;jsessionid=81409BF046092C7BC90B602706EA0139; accessed 2024-04-18