Silene alba
Taxonomy: Angiospermae, Caryophyllales, Caryophyllaceae, Silene
Links: http://flora.nhm-wien.ac.at/Seiten-Arten/Silene-latifolia.htm
Published: 2021-08-02
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): 41-50 µm, shortest polar axis in equatorial view (LM): -, longest polar axis in equatorial view (LM): -, shortest diameter in equatorial or polar view (LM): 41-50 µm, longest diameter in equatorial or polar view (LM): 41-50 µm, pollen class: porate, polarity: isopolar, P/E-ratio: isodiametric, shape: spheroidal, outline in polar view: circular, dominant orientation (LM): oblique, P/E-ratio (dry pollen): -, shape (dry pollen): spheroidal, outline in polar view (dry pollen): circular, infoldings (dry pollen): not infolded, aperture number: >6, aperture type: porus, aperture condition: porate, pantoporate, aperture peculiarities: aperture membrane ornamented, pantoaperturate
Ornamentation and Structure
LM ornamentation LM: scabrate, gemmate, verrucate, nexine: -, sexine: -, SEM ornamentation SEM: echinate, perforate, suprasculpture SEM: -, TEM tectum: -, infratectum: -, foot layer: -, endexine: -, intine: -, wall peculiarities: -, supratectal element: -
Miscellaneous
pollen coatings: -, reserves in cytoplasm: -, cell number: -, Ubisch bodies: present
Author(s) of diagnosis: Halbritter, Heidemarie; Auer, Waltraud
Pictures
1. hydrated Pollen
2. hydrated Pollen
3. hydrated Pollen
4. hydrated pollen grains
5. hydrated pollen grain
6. aperture
7. exine surface
8. hydrated and dry pollen grains
9. dry pollen grains
10. exine surface of dry pollen grain
Picture legend
- hydrated Pollen - fresh, glycerine, unstained, photographer: Auer, W.
- hydrated Pollen - fresh, glycerine, ruthenium red, photographer: Auer, W.
- hydrated Pollen - fresh, glycerine, ruthenium red, photographer: Auer, W.
- hydrated pollen grains - fresh, rehydrated (water) & critical point dried & sputter coated with gold, 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.
- hydrated and dry pollen grains - fresh, rehydrated (water) & critical point dried & sputter coated with gold, photographer: Halbritter, H.
- dry pollen grains - dry, sputter coated with gold, photographer: Halbritter, H.
- exine surface of dry pollen grain - 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., Auer W. 2021. Silene alba. In: PalDat - A palynological database. https://www.paldat.org/pub/Silene_alba/306402; accessed 2024-11-10