Vernonia gigantea
Taxonomy: Angiospermae, Asterales, Asteraceae, Vernonioideae, Vernonieae, Vernoniinae, Vernonia
Links: https://www.gbif.org/species/5397391, https://powo.science.kew.org/taxon/urn:lsid:ipni.org:names:258416-1
Annotations: Vernonia gigantea (Walter) Trel.
Published: 2026-02-11
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): 36-40 µm, longest polar axis in equatorial view (LM): 36-40 µm, shortest diameter in equatorial or polar view (LM): 36-40 µm, longest diameter in equatorial or polar view (LM): 36-40 µm, pollen class: colporate, polarity: isopolar, P/E-ratio: -, shape: -, outline in polar view: -, dominant orientation (LM): -, P/E-ratio (dry pollen): isodiametric, shape (dry pollen): spheroidal, outline in polar view (dry pollen): lobate, infoldings (dry pollen): -, aperture number: 3, aperture type: colporus, aperture condition: tricolporate, colporate, aperture peculiarities: brevicolporus
Ornamentation and Structure
LM ornamentation LM: echinate, nexine: -, sexine: -, SEM ornamentation SEM: echinate, microreticulate, 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: Subler, Abigail; Park, Isaac
Pictures
Picture legend
- inflorescence(s), photographer: Subler, A.
- dry pollen - dry, sputter coated with gold, photographer: Subler, A.
- polar view - dry, sputter coated with gold, photographer: Subler, A.
- equatorial view - dry, sputter coated with gold, photographer: Subler, A.
- equatorial view - dry, sputter coated with gold, photographer: Subler, A.
- polar area, exine surface - dry, sputter coated with gold, photographer: Subler, A.
- aperture - dry, sputter coated with gold, photographer: Subler, A.
Literature
- () Vascular Flora of the Carolinas
- (2018) Illustrated Pollen Terminology 2nd Edition
Copyright and Citation
Cite this publication as:
Subler A., Park I. 2026. Vernonia gigantea. In: PalDat - A palynological database. /pub/Vernonia_gigantea/306944; accessed 2026-03-03







