Acacia verticillata
Taxonomy: Spermatophyta, Fabales, Mimosaceae, Acacia
Published: 2010-01-02
Pollen Description
Shape, Size and Aperture
pollen unit: massula, dispersal unit and peculiarities: massula, 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: polyad, polarity: heteropolar, P/E-ratio: -, shape: -, outline in polar view: -, dominant orientation (LM): -, P/E-ratio (dry pollen): -, shape (dry pollen): -, outline in polar view (dry pollen): -, infoldings (dry pollen): not infolded, aperture number: none, aperture type: -, aperture condition: -, aperture peculiarities: -
Ornamentation and Structure
LM ornamentation LM: -, nexine: -, sexine: -, SEM ornamentation SEM: psilate, suprasculpture SEM: -, TEM tectum: eutectate, infratectum: -, foot layer: -, endexine: -, intine: -, wall peculiarities: -, supratectal element: -
Miscellaneous
pollen coatings: absent, reserves in cytoplasm: -, cell number: -, Ubisch bodies: absent
Annotations: Massula consisting of 16 monads, each with ring-like tenuitas distally
Author(s) of diagnosis: Buchner, R.; Halbritter, H.
Pictures
Picture legend
- flower(s), photographer: Buchner, R.
- flower(s), photographer: Buchner, R.
- hydrated polyad - fresh, DMP & critical point dried, photographer: Halbritter, H.
- monad (in polyad) - fresh, rehydrated (water) & critical point dried & sputter coated with gold, photographer: Halbritter, H.
- monad with tenuitas, exine surface - fresh, rehydrated (water) & critical point dried & sputter coated with gold, photographer: Halbritter, H.
- dry polyad - dry, sputter coated with gold, photographer: Halbritter, H.
- dry polyad - dry, sputter coated with gold, photographer: Halbritter, H.
Literature
Copyright and Citation
Cite this publication as:
Buchner R., Halbritter H. 2010. Acacia verticillata. In: PalDat - A palynological database. https://pc8.botanik.univie.ac.at/pub/Acacia_verticillata/108707; accessed 2025-04-28