Anaphyllopsis americana
Taxonomy: Angiospermae, Alismatales, Araceae, Anaphyllopsis
Published: 2016-10-27
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: sulcate, polarity: -, P/E-ratio: -, shape: -, outline in polar view: -, dominant orientation (LM): -, P/E-ratio (dry pollen): oblate, shape (dry pollen): -, outline in polar view (dry pollen): elliptic, infoldings (dry pollen): aperture(s) sunken, aperture number: 1, aperture type: sulcus, aperture condition: sulcate, aperture peculiarities: -
Ornamentation and Structure
LM ornamentation LM: -, nexine: -, sexine: -, SEM ornamentation SEM: perforate, microreticulate, suprasculpture SEM: -, TEM tectum: semitectate, infratectum: columellate, foot layer: continuous, endexine: compact-continuous, intine: -, wall peculiarities: -, supratectal element: -
Miscellaneous
pollen coatings: absent, reserves in cytoplasm: -, cell number: -, Ubisch bodies: absent
Annotations: endexine extremly thin
Author(s) of diagnosis: Weber, Martina; Halbritter, Heidemarie
Pictures
Picture legend
- dry pollen grain - dry, sputter coated with gold, photographer: Halbritter, H.
- exine surface of dry pollen grain - dry, sputter coated with gold, photographer: Halbritter, H.
- pollen grain in cross section - fresh, glutaraldehyde & osmium, uranyl acetate & lead citrate, photographer: Weber, M.
- pollen wall (interapertural area) - fresh, glutaraldehyde & osmium, uranyl acetate & lead citrate, photographer: Weber, M.
- pollen wall (apertural area) - fresh, glutaraldehyde & osmium, uranyl acetate & lead citrate, photographer: Weber, M.
Literature
- (1998) Preparing living pollen material for scanning electron microscopy using 2,2-dimethoxypropane (DMP) and criticalpoint drying. Biotechnic Histochem 73: 137–143
Copyright and Citation
Cite this publication as:
Weber M., Halbritter H. 2016. Anaphyllopsis americana. In: PalDat - A palynological database. https://pc8.botanik.univie.ac.at/pub/Anaphyllopsis_americana/301768;jsessionid=AA45DD49F70956EF87C57E7E0EE89803; accessed 2025-01-10