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Serapias orientalis

Taxonomy: Angiospermae, Asparagales, Orchidaceae, Serapias

Published: 2016-11-07

Pollen Description

Shape, Size and Aperture

pollen unit: massula,  dispersal unit and peculiarities: pollinarium,  size (pollen unit): very large (>100 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: -,  polarity: -,  P/E-ratio: -,  shape: -,  outline in polar view: -,  dominant orientation (LM): -,  P/E-ratio (dry pollen): -,  shape (dry pollen): irregular,  outline in polar view (dry pollen): irregular,  infoldings (dry pollen): not infolded,  aperture number: none,  aperture type: no aperture,  aperture condition: inaperturate,  aperture peculiarities: -

Ornamentation and Structure

LMornamentation LM: -,  nexine: -,  sexine: -,  SEMornamentation SEM: psilate,  suprasculpture SEM: -,  TEMtectum: -,  infratectum: -,  foot layer: -,  endexine: -,  intine: -,  wall peculiarities: -,  supratectal element: -

Miscellaneous

pollen coatings: -,  reserves in cytoplasm: -,  cell number: -,  Ubisch bodies: -

Annotations: pollinarium consisting of two pollinia, two caudiculae (partially overlapping here) and a common viscidium

Author(s) of diagnosis: Svojtka, Matthias

Pictures

pollinarium

1. pollinarium

pollinium

2. pollinium

massulae

3. massulae

massula

4. massula

massula

5. massula

tetrads (in massula)

6. tetrads (in massula)

tetrads (in massula)

7. tetrads (in massula)

exine surface

8. exine surface

Picture legend

  1. pollinarium - dry, sputter coated with gold, photographer: Svojtka, M.
  2. pollinium - dry, sputter coated with gold, photographer: Svojtka, M.
  3. massulae - dry, sputter coated with gold, photographer: Svojtka, M.
  4. massula - dry, sputter coated with gold, photographer: Svojtka, M.
  5. massula - dry, sputter coated with gold, photographer: Svojtka, M.
  6. tetrads (in massula) - dry, sputter coated with gold, photographer: Svojtka, M.
  7. tetrads (in massula) - dry, sputter coated with gold, photographer: Svojtka, M.
  8. exine surface - dry, sputter coated with gold, photographer: Svojtka, M.

Literature

    Copyright and Citation

    Cite this publication as:

    Svojtka M. 2016. Serapias orientalis. In: PalDat - A palynological database. https://www.paldat.org/pub/Serapias_orientalis/301947;jsessionid=4B58A115ADA96EE557AF36245433B62A; accessed 2024-03-29

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