Smallanthus sonchifolius
Taxonomy: Spermatophyta, Asterales, Asteraceae, Smallanthus
Published: 2009-03-17
Pollen Description
Shape, Size and Aperture
pollen unit: monad, dispersal unit and peculiarities: monad, size (pollen unit): medium-sized (26-50 µm), pollen class: -, polarity: isopolar, shape: spheroidal, outline in polar view: circular, shape (dry pollen): prolate, outline in polar view (dry pollen): lobate, infoldings (dry pollen): aperture(s) sunken, aperture number: 3, aperture type: colporus, aperture condition: colporate, aperture peculiarities: -
Ornamentation and Structure
LM ornamentation LM: echinate, nexine: -, sexine: -, SEM ornamentation SEM: echinate, perforate, TEM tectum: eutectate, infratectum: -, foot layer: -, endexine: -, intine: -, wall peculiarities: -
Miscellaneous
pollen coatings: absent, reserves in cytoplasm: -, cell number: -, Ubisch bodies: absent
Author(s) of diagnosis: Halbritter, H.Pictures
1. inflorescence(s)
2. polar view
3. equatorial view (oblique)
4. aperture
5. exine surface
6. polar area
7. dry pollen grains
Picture legend
- inflorescence(s), photographer: Halbritter, H.
- polar view - fresh, rehydrated (water) & critical point dried & sputter coated with gold, photographer: Halbritter, H.
- equatorial view (oblique) - 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.
- polar area - 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
Copyright and Citation
Cite this publication as:
Halbritter H. 2009. Smallanthus sonchifolius. In: PalDat - A palynological database. https://www.paldat.org/pub/Smallanthus_sonchifolius/105345;jsessionid=29FDE959D000751D51F2E22F6F0DD8E3; accessed 2019-12-07