Stylochaeton zenkeri
Taxonomy: Angiospermae, Alismatales, Araceae, Stylochaeton
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), 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: inaperturate, polarity: -, P/E-ratio: -, shape: spheroidal, outline in polar view: circular, dominant orientation (LM): -, P/E-ratio (dry pollen): -, shape (dry pollen): irregular, outline in polar view (dry pollen): irregular, infoldings (dry pollen): irregularly infolded, aperture number: none, aperture type: no aperture, aperture condition: inaperturate, aperture peculiarities: -
Ornamentation and Structure
LM ornamentation LM: psilate, nexine: -, sexine: -, SEM ornamentation SEM: foveolate, suprasculpture SEM: -, TEM tectum: -, infratectum: columellate, foot layer: discontinuous, endexine: spongy-continuous, intine: monolayered, wall peculiarities: -, supratectal element: -
Miscellaneous
pollen coatings: absent, reserves in cytoplasm: starch, cell number: -, Ubisch bodies: absent
Annotations: columellae very short
Author(s) of diagnosis: Weber, Martina; Halbritter, Heidemarie
Pictures
1. hydrated pollen grain
2. hydrated pollen grain
3. dry pollen grain
4. pollen grain in cross section
5. pollen wall (exine dark stained)
6. pollen wall
7. pollen wall
Picture legend
- hydrated pollen grain - 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.
- dry pollen grain - dry, sputter coated with gold, photographer: Halbritter, H.
- pollen grain in cross section - fresh, glutaraldehyde & osmium, uranyl acetate & lead citrate, photographer: Weber, M.
- pollen wall (exine dark stained) - fresh, glutaraldehyde & osmium, uranyl acetate & lead citrate, photographer: Weber, M.
- pollen wall - fresh, glutaraldehyde & osmium, uranyl acetate & lead citrate, photographer: Weber, M.
- pollen wall - fresh, glutaraldehyde & osmium, uranyl acetate & lead citrate, photographer: Weber, M.
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:
Weber M., Halbritter H. 2016. Stylochaeton zenkeri. In: PalDat - A palynological database. https://www.paldat.org/pub/Stylochaeton_zenkeri/301850;jsessionid=BD6BCC6C28A0A7E3B1784F0EF74E89C7; accessed 2024-04-26