Aristolochia arborea
Taxonomy: Spermatophyta, Aristolochiales, Aristolochiaceae, Aristolochia
Published: 2012-04-01
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: -, polarity: isopolar, P/E-ratio: -, shape: spheroidal, outline in polar view: circular, dominant orientation (LM): -, P/E-ratio (dry pollen): -, shape (dry pollen): -, outline in polar view (dry pollen): irregular, infoldings (dry pollen): irregularly infolded, aperture number: none, aperture type: -, aperture condition: -, aperture peculiarities: -
Ornamentation and Structure
LM ornamentation LM: verrucate, perforate, nexine: -, sexine: -, SEM ornamentation SEM: foveolate, suprasculpture SEM: -, TEM tectum: semitectate, infratectum: columellate, foot layer: discontinuous, endexine: -, intine: monolayered, wall peculiarities: -, supratectal element: -
Miscellaneous
pollen coatings: pollenkitt, reserves in cytoplasm: -, cell number: 2-celled, Ubisch bodies: absent
Annotations: shape of dry pollen grain: irregularly infolded
Author(s) of diagnosis: Halbritter, H.; Schneider, H.; Weber, M.
Pictures
1. inflorescence(s)
2. flower(s)
3. flower of Aristolochia arborea
4. flower(s)
5. hydrated pollen grain
6. exine surface
7. germinating pollen grains; exine ruptures and is pulled off
8. dry pollen grain
9. exine surface of dry pollen grain
10. pollen wall
11. pollen wall
Picture legend
- inflorescence(s), photographer: Buchner, R.
- flower(s), photographer: Schneider, H.
- flower of Aristolochia arborea, photographer: Buchner, R.
- flower(s), photographer: Buchner, R.
- hydrated pollen grain - 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.
- germinating pollen grains; exine ruptures and is pulled off - fresh, rehydrated (water) & critical point dried & sputter coated with gold, photographer: Halbritter, H.
- 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 wall - fresh, glutaraldehyde & osmium & potassium ferrocyanide, modified Thiéry-test, photographer: Weber, M.
- pollen wall - fresh, glutaraldehyde & osmium & potassium ferrocyanide, modified Thiéry-test, photographer: Weber, M.
Literature
Copyright and Citation
Cite this publication as:
Halbritter H., Schneider H., Weber M., Buchner R. 2012. Aristolochia arborea. In: PalDat - A palynological database. https://pc8.botanik.univie.ac.at/pub/Aristolochia_arborea/207782;jsessionid=D35D0BC0A7E698E2B4292B29691A973D; accessed 2025-01-26