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Verbena bonariensis

Taxonomy: Spermatophyta, Lamiales, Verbenaceae, Verbena

Published: 2012-03-10

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: colporate,  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: number varies,  aperture type: colporus,  aperture condition: colporate,  aperture peculiarities: pseudocolpus, heteroaperturate, pantoaperturate

Ornamentation and Structure

LM  ornamentation LM: -,  nexine: -,  sexine: -,  SEM  ornamentation SEM: psilate, perforate,  suprasculpture SEM: -,  TEM  tectum: eutectate,  infratectum: -,  foot layer: -,  endexine: -,  intine: -,  wall peculiarities: -,  supratectal element: -

Miscellaneous

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

Annotations: apertures are colpori and colpi irregular in number, size and distribution, tricolporate to pantocolporate

Author(s) of diagnosis: Halbritter, H.; Buchner, R.

Pictures

inflorescence(s)

1. inflorescence(s)

hydrated pollen grains

2. hydrated pollen grains

polar view (tetracolporate grain)

3. polar view (tetracolporate grain)

hydrated pollen grain

4. hydrated pollen grain

aperture

5. aperture

pseudocolpus

6. pseudocolpus

exine surface

7. exine surface

dry pollen grains

8. dry pollen grains

dry pollen grains

9. dry pollen grains

Ubisch bodies on inner anther wall

10. Ubisch bodies on inner anther wall

Picture legend

  1. inflorescence(s), photographer: Buchner, R.
  2. hydrated pollen grains - fresh, rehydration (water) & critical point dried & sputter coated with gold, photographer: Halbritter, H.
  3. polar view (tetracolporate grain) - fresh, rehydration (water) & critical point dried & sputter coated with gold, photographer: Halbritter, H.
  4. hydrated pollen grain - fresh, rehydration (water) & critical point dried & sputter coated with gold, photographer: Halbritter, H.
  5. aperture - fresh, rehydration (water) & critical point dried & sputter coated with gold, photographer: Halbritter, H.
  6. pseudocolpus - fresh, rehydration (water) & critical point dried & sputter coated with gold, photographer: Halbritter, H.
  7. exine surface - fresh, rehydration (water) & critical point dried & sputter coated with gold, photographer: Halbritter, H.
  8. dry pollen grains - dry, sputter coated with gold, photographer: Halbritter, H.
  9. dry pollen grains - dry, sputter coated with gold, photographer: Halbritter, H.
  10. Ubisch bodies on inner anther wall - fresh, rehydration (water) & critical point dried & sputter coated with gold, photographer: Halbritter, H.

Literature

    Copyright and Citation

    Cite this publication as:

    Halbritter H., Buchner R. 2012. Verbena bonariensis. In: PalDat - A palynological database. https://www.paldat.org/pub/Verbena_bonariensis/207177;jsessionid=A40074FA083A2CB36A1F2685022844B2; accessed 2024-04-16

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