Sesleria albicans
Taxonomy: Angiospermae, Poales, Poaceae, Sesleria
Published: 2016-11-03
Pollen Description
Shape, Size and Aperture
pollen unit: monad, dispersal unit and peculiarities: monad, size (pollen unit): medium-sized (26-50 µm), pollen class: ulcerate, polarity: heteropolar, shape: spheroidal, outline in polar view: elliptic, shape (dry pollen): irregular, outline in polar view (dry pollen): irregular, infoldings (dry pollen): interapertural area sunken, aperture number: 1, aperture type: ulcus, aperture condition: ulcerate, aperture peculiarities: operculum, annulus
Ornamentation and Structure
LM ornamentation LM: -, nexine: -, sexine: -, SEM ornamentation SEM: microechinate, TEM tectum: -, infratectum: -, foot layer: -, endexine: -, intine: -, wall peculiarities: -
Miscellaneous
pollen coatings: absent, reserves in cytoplasm: -, cell number: -, Ubisch bodies: -
Author(s) of diagnosis: Halbritter, HeidemariePictures
1. flower(s)
2. hydrated pollen grain
3. aperture
4. exine surface
5. dry pollen grains
Picture legend
- flower(s), photographer: Halbritter, H.
- hydrated pollen grain - 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.
- exine surface - fresh, rehydrated (water) & critical point dried & sputter coated with gold, photographer: Halbritter, H.
- dry pollen grains - dry, sputter coated with gold, photographer: Halbritter, H.
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:
Halbritter H. 2016. Sesleria albicans. In: PalDat - A palynological database. https://www.paldat.org/pub/Sesleria_albicans/301915;jsessionid=259ECB255B0067205E901547A4F11011; accessed 2019-02-23