Tilia cordata
Taxonomy: Angiospermae, Malvales, Malvaceae, Tilioideae, Tilia
Links: http://flora.nhm-wien.ac.at/Seiten-Arten/Tilia-cordata.htm, https://wu.jacq.org/WU0097095
Published: 2024-02-13
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): 21-25 µm, 26-30 µm, shortest polar axis in equatorial view (LM): 16-20 µm, longest polar axis in equatorial view (LM): -, shortest diameter in equatorial or polar view (LM): 26-30 µm, longest diameter in equatorial or polar view (LM): 26-30 µm, pollen class: colporate, polarity: isopolar, P/E-ratio: oblate, shape: convex triangular, outline in polar view: circular, dominant orientation (LM): oblique, P/E-ratio (dry pollen): -, shape (dry pollen): cup-shaped, outline in polar view (dry pollen): circular, infoldings (dry pollen): interapertural area sunken, aperture number: 3, aperture type: colporus, aperture condition: colporate, tricolporate, aperture peculiarities: brevicolpus
Ornamentation and Structure
LM ornamentation LM: reticulate, nexine: present, sexine: present, SEM ornamentation SEM: perforate, microreticulate, reticulate, suprasculpture SEM: -, TEM tectum: -, infratectum: -, foot layer: -, endexine: -, intine: -, wall peculiarities: -, supratectal element: -
Miscellaneous
pollen coatings: -, reserves in cytoplasm: -, cell number: -, Ubisch bodies: -
Author(s) of diagnosis: Halbritter, Heidemarie; Heigl, Helmut; Auer, Waltraud; Gastaldi, Cristina; Geier, Christian; Bouchal, Johannes Martin; Grímsson, Friðgeir
Pictures
Picture legend
- hydrated pollen - fresh, glycerine, unstained, photographer: Heigl, H.
- hydrated pollen - fresh, glycerine, ruthenium red, photographer: Heigl, H.
- hydrated pollen - fresh, glycerine, ruthenium red, photographer: Heigl, H.
- acetolyzed pollen, polar view - dry, acetolyzed, unstained, photographer: Gastaldi, C.
- acetolyzed pollen, polar view - dry, acetolyzed, unstained, photographer: Gastaldi, C.
- acetolyzed pollen, polar view - dry, acetolyzed, unstained, photographer: Gastaldi, C.
- acetolyzed pollen, equatorial view - dry, acetolyzed, unstained, photographer: Gastaldi, C.
- acetolyzed pollen, equatorial view - dry, acetolyzed, unstained, photographer: Gastaldi, C.
- acetolyzed pollen, equatorial view - dry, acetolyzed, unstained, photographer: Gastaldi, C.
- acetolyzed pollen, polar view - dry, acetolyzed & glycerine, unstained, photographer: Geier, C.
- acetolyzed pollen, equatorial view - dry, acetolyzed & glycerine, unstained, photographer: Geier, C.
- polar view - fresh, rehydrated (water) & critical point dried & sputter coated with gold, photographer: Halbritter, H.
- equatorial view - 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.
- acetolyzed pollen, polar view - dry, acetolyzed & sputter coated with gold, photographer: Bouchal, J.
- acetolyzed pollen, slightly oblique equatorial view - dry, acetolyzed & sputter coated with gold, photographer: Bouchal, J.
- acetolyzed pollen, exine surface - dry, acetolyzed & sputter coated with gold, photographer: Bouchal, J.
- acetolyzed pollen, aperture - dry, acetolyzed & sputter coated with gold, photographer: Bouchal, J.
Literature
- (1976) The pollination biology of Tilia. Amer J Bot 63: 1203-1212
- (1961) The fine structure of the pollen wall of Tilia platyphyllos. New Phytol 3?: 393-399
- (1971) Scanning electron microscopy of Tilia pollen. New Phytol 70: 687-692
- (1993) Pollenkitt development and composition in Tilia platyphyllos (Tiliaceae) analysed by conventional and energy filtering TEM. Pl Syst Evol, Suppl 7: 39-52
- (1998) Preparing living pollen material for scanning electron microscopy using 2,2-dimethoxypropane (DMP) and criticalpoint drying. Biotechnic Histochem 73: 137–143
- (2014) Flora Gallica
Copyright and Citation
Cite this publication as:
Halbritter H., Heigl H., Auer W., Gastaldi C., Geier C., Bouchal J., Grímsson F. 2024. Tilia cordata. In: PalDat - A palynological database. https://www.paldat.org/pub/Tilia_cordata/306671;jsessionid=C561CD1E25C254B93909A68BB6A27A91; accessed 2024-04-29