Viscum laxum
Taxonomy: Angiospermae, Santanales, Santalaceae, Viscum
Published: 2016-11-08
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: colpate, polarity: isopolar, P/E-ratio: -, shape: spheroidal, outline in polar view: circular, dominant orientation (LM): -, P/E-ratio (dry pollen): prolate, shape (dry pollen): -, outline in polar view (dry pollen): lobate, infoldings (dry pollen): aperture(s) sunken, aperture number: 3, aperture type: colpus, aperture condition: colpate, tricolpate, aperture peculiarities: aperture membrane ornamented
Ornamentation and Structure
LM ornamentation LM: -, nexine: -, sexine: -, SEM ornamentation SEM: baculate, fossulate, 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
Pictures
1. hydrated pollen grains
2. polar view
3. slightly oblique equatorial view
4. detail of aperture
5. exine surface
6. dry pollen grains
Picture legend
- hydrated pollen grains - fresh, rehydrated (water) & critical point dried & sputter coated with gold, photographer: Halbritter, H.
- polar view - fresh, rehydrated (water) & critical point dried & sputter coated with gold, photographer: Halbritter, H.
- slightly oblique equatorial view - fresh, rehydrated (water) & critical point dried & sputter coated with gold, photographer: Halbritter, H.
- detail of 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.
Literature
- (1982) Fine structure of Mistletoe pollen IV. Amer J Bot 69: 1-12
- (1982) Fine structure of Mistletoe pollen V. Amer J Bot 69: 163-187
- (1993) The thermal alterations of the pollen grains of Viscum album L. (Loranthaceae, s.str. Viscaceae). Plant Cell Biology and Development M Kedves : 74-76
- (1993) Pollenmorphology of Loranthaceae in China. Guihaia 13: 235-245
- (1985) Contribution à l'étude palynologique de la famille Loranthaceae. Rev Roum Biol véget Bucarest 30: 19-21
- (1998) Preparing living pollen material for scanning electron microscopy using 2,2-dimethoxypropane (DMP) and criticalpoint drying. Biotechnic Histochem 73: 137–143
- (1839) Mémoire sur le développement du pollen de l'ovule et sur la structure des l'iges du gui (Viscum album). Mém Acad R Belg 13: 1-54
Copyright and Citation
Cite this publication as:
Halbritter H. 2016. Viscum laxum. In: PalDat - A palynological database. https://www.paldat.org/pub/Viscum_laxum/302141;jsessionid=AFE8ED5F766BA3AF956AC92AD893D52E; accessed 2024-04-19