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Vachellia caven

Taxonomy: Angiospermae, Fabales, Fabaceae, Mimosoideae, Vachellia

Links: http://conosur.floraargentina.edu.ar/species/details/196259, http://servicos.jbrj.gov.br/flora/search/Vachellia_caven, https://es.wikipedia.org/wiki/Vachellia_caven

Annotations: CATÁLOGO POLÍNICO DE ESPECIES ARBÓREAS CULTIVADAS Y NATIVAS DE LA PROVINCIA DE ENTRE RÍOS CON ÉNFASIS EN LA CIUDAD DE DIAMANTE (parte I) Mercedes di Pasquo, Leonardo Silvestri, Jessica Gómez, Lionel Fernández Pacella, Verónica Martínez Marignac p. 420-442 https://drive.google.com/file/d/1fvwtvy5sEu1efDchWBav0wMxq4TvmbTw/view?usp=sharing

Published: 2025-07-11

Pollen Description

Shape, Size and Aperture

pollen unit: polyad,  dispersal unit and peculiarities: polyad,  size (pollen unit): large (51-100 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: polyad,  polarity: heteropolar,  P/E-ratio: -,  shape: -,  outline in polar view: -,  dominant orientation (LM): -,  P/E-ratio (dry pollen): -,  shape (dry pollen): -,  outline in polar view (dry pollen): -,  infoldings (dry pollen): -,  aperture number: none,  aperture type: no aperture,  aperture condition: inaperturate,  aperture peculiarities: -

Ornamentation and Structure

LMornamentation LM: psilate,  nexine: -,  sexine: -,  SEMornamentation SEM: perforate,  suprasculpture SEM: -,  TEMtectum: -,  infratectum: -,  foot layer: -,  endexine: -,  intine: -,  wall peculiarities: -,  supratectal element: -

Miscellaneous

pollen coatings: -,  reserves in cytoplasm: -,  cell number: -,  Ubisch bodies: -

Annotations: polyads with more than 32 pollen grains, irregularly arranged

Author(s) of diagnosis: di Pasquo, Maria de las Mercedes

Pictures

habitus

1. habitus

flower(s)

2. flower(s)

inflorescence(s)

3. inflorescence(s)

flower(s)

4. flower(s)

acetolyzed polyad

5. acetolyzed polyad

hydrated polyad

6. hydrated polyad

anther with polyads in dry condition

7. anther with polyads in dry condition

dry polyads

8. dry polyads

dry polyad

9. dry polyad

detail of polyad showing the arrangement of single pollen grains (monads)

10. detail of polyad showing the arrangement of single pollen grains (monads)

Picture legend

  1. habitus, photographer: di Pasquo Mercedes
  2. flower(s), photographer: di Pasquo Mercedes
  3. inflorescence(s), photographer: di Pasquo Mercedes
  4. flower(s), photographer: di Pasquo Mercedes
  5. acetolyzed polyad - fixed, acetolyzed & glycerine, unstained, photographer: di Pasquo Mercedes
  6. hydrated polyad - fresh, glycerine, unstained, photographer: di Pasquo Mercedes
  7. anther with polyads in dry condition - fresh, unfixed, photographer: di Pasquo Mercedes
  8. dry polyads - fresh, unfixed, photographer: di Pasquo Mercedes
  9. dry polyad - fresh, unfixed, photographer: di Pasquo Mercedes
  10. detail of polyad showing the arrangement of single pollen grains (monads) - fresh, unfixed, photographer: di Pasquo Mercedes

Literature

  • Duarte A.F.T, Pétala Gomes Ribeiro, André Luiz da Costa Moreira, Luciano Paganucci de Queiroz & Francisco de Assis Ribeiro dos Santos (2021) Pollen morphology of Senegalia Raf. species and related genera (Leguminosae: Caesalpinioideae: mimosoid clade) Palynology 45: 627-639

Copyright and Citation

Cite this publication as:

di Pasquo M., di Pasquo Mercedes 2025. Vachellia caven. In: PalDat - A palynological database. https://www.paldat.org/pub/Vachellia_caven/306853;jsessionid=C286230B20BB34A700B0832C1746F430; accessed 2025-07-11

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