Zea mays
Taxonomy: Spermatophyta, Poales, Poaceae, Zea
Published: 2005-06-01
Pollen Description
Shape, Size and Aperture
pollen unit: monad, dispersal unit and peculiarities: monad, 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: -, polarity: heteropolar, 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: 1, aperture type: -, aperture condition: ulcerate, aperture peculiarities: annulus, operculum
Ornamentation and Structure
LM ornamentation LM: psilate, nexine: -, sexine: -, SEM ornamentation SEM: microechinate, suprasculpture SEM: -, TEM tectum: eutectate, infratectum: columellate, foot layer: continuous, endexine: absent, intine: monolayered, wall peculiarities: -, supratectal element: -
Miscellaneous
pollen coatings: absent, reserves in cytoplasm: starch, polysaccharide vesicles, cell number: 3-celled, Ubisch bodies: present
Annotations: ulcus displaced, not in center of distal pole. Shape ovoid or spheroidal
Author(s) of diagnosis: Diethart, B.
Pictures
1. habitus
2. flower(s)
3. pollen grain with two sperm cells
4. upper focus
5. optical section
6. lower focus
7. polar view (distal)
8. equatorial view
9. aperture
10. aperture
11. exine surface
12. dry pollen grains
13. anther wall with Ubisch bodies
14. interapertural area of pollen wall
15. apertural area of pollen wall
16. pollen wall at transition of aperture and interapertural area
Picture legend
- habitus, photographer: Diethart, B.
- flower(s), photographer: Diethart, B.
- pollen grain with two sperm cells - fresh, unfixed, aceto-carmine, photographer: Diethart, B.
- upper focus - fresh, acetolyzed, unstained, photographer: Diethart, B.
- optical section - fresh, acetolyzed, unstained, photographer: Diethart, B.
- lower focus - fresh, acetolyzed, unstained, photographer: Diethart, B.
- polar view (distal) - fresh, rehydrated (water) & critical point dried & sputter coated with gold, photographer: Diethart, B.
- equatorial view - fresh, rehydrated (water) & critical point dried & sputter coated with gold, photographer: Diethart, B.
- aperture - fresh, rehydrated (water) & critical point dried & sputter coated with gold, photographer: Diethart, B.
- aperture - fresh, rehydrated (water) & critical point dried & sputter coated with gold, photographer: Diethart, B.
- exine surface - fresh, rehydrated (water) & critical point dried & sputter coated with gold, photographer: Diethart, B.
- dry pollen grains - dry, sputter coated with gold, photographer: Diethart, B.
- anther wall with Ubisch bodies - fresh, rehydrated (water) & critical point dried & sputter coated with gold, photographer: Diethart, B.
- interapertural area of pollen wall - fresh, glutaraldehyde & osmium & potassium ferrocyanide, modified Thiéry-test, photographer: Diethart, B.
- apertural area of pollen wall - fresh, glutaraldehyde & osmium & potassium ferrocyanide, uranyl acetate & lead citrate, photographer: Diethart, B.
- pollen wall at transition of aperture and interapertural area - fresh, glutaraldehyde & osmium & potassium ferrocyanide, uranyl acetate & lead citrate, photographer: Diethart, B.
Literature
Copyright and Citation
Cite this publication as:
Diethart B. 2005. Zea mays. In: PalDat - A palynological database. https://www.paldat.org/pub/Zea_mays/103254;jsessionid=E00E83D2ED93D5F6F11B46A05E20FF92; accessed 2024-04-26