Vanilla planifolia
Taxonomy: Angiospermae, Asparagales, Orchidaceae, Vanilla
Published: 2016-11-07
Pollen Description
Shape, Size and Aperture
pollen unit: monad, dispersal unit and peculiarities: pollinium, size (pollen unit): small (10-25 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: heteropolar, P/E-ratio: -, shape: irregular, outline in polar view: irregular, 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: -, nexine: -, sexine: -, SEM ornamentation SEM: psilate, perforate, suprasculpture SEM: -, TEM tectum: -, infratectum: -, foot layer: -, endexine: -, intine: -, wall peculiarities: -, supratectal element: -
Miscellaneous
pollen coatings: -, reserves in cytoplasm: -, cell number: -, Ubisch bodies: -
Annotations: pollen grains of different sizes, (small to medium); shape spheroidal to egg-shaped
Author(s) of diagnosis: Halbritter, Heidemarie
Pictures
Picture legend
- flower(s), photographer: Svojtka, M.
- flower(s), photographer: Svojtka, M.
- flower(s), photographer: Svojtka, M.
- hydrated pollen grains - fresh, rehydrated (water) & critical point dried & sputter coated with gold, photographer: Halbritter, H.
- 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.
- 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.
- exine surface - fresh, rehydrated (water) & critical point dried & sputter coated with gold, photographer: Halbritter, H.
- germinating pollen grain - 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., Svojtka M. 2016. Vanilla planifolia. In: PalDat - A palynological database. https://www.paldat.org/pub/Vanilla_planifolia/301979;jsessionid=C94D5D881DB43E7D1801410E1C4AD3D7; accessed 2024-11-01