Bassia scoparia
Taxonomy: Spermatophyta, Caryophyllales, Chenopodiaceae, Bassia
Published: 2005-06-01
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): irregular, outline in polar view (dry pollen): irregular, infoldings (dry pollen): irregularly infolded, aperture number: >6, aperture type: -, aperture condition: porate, aperture peculiarities: pantoaperturate, operculum
Ornamentation and Structure
LM ornamentation LM: granulate, nexine: -, sexine: -, SEM ornamentation SEM: granulate, suprasculpture SEM: -, TEM tectum: eutectate, infratectum: columellate, foot layer: continuous, endexine: absent, intine: monolayered, wall peculiarities: -, supratectal element: -
Miscellaneous
pollen coatings: primexine matrix, pollenkitt, reserves in cytoplasm: starch, cell number: 3-celled, Ubisch bodies: present
Annotations: Bassia (=Kochia) Fischer et al. 2005
Author(s) of diagnosis: Diethart, B.
Pictures
1. flower(s)
2. flower(s)
3. pollen grain with two sperm cells
4. upper focus
5. optical section
6. lower focus
7. hydrated pollen grain
8. aperture
9. exine surface and apertures
10. dry pollen grains
11. anther wall with Ubisch bodies
12. interapertural area of pollen wall
13. interapertural area of pollen wall
14. interapertural area of pollen wall
15. apertural area of pollen wall
16. apertural area of pollen wall
17. Ubisch bodies in loculus
Picture legend
- flower(s), photographer: Diethart, B.
- flower(s), photographer: Diethart, B.
- pollen grain with two sperm cells - fresh, rehydrated (water), 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.
- hydrated pollen grain - 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 and apertures - fresh, rehydrated (water) & critical point dried & formalin-acetic-alcohol, 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, uranyl acetate & lead citrate, photographer: Diethart, B.
- interapertural area of pollen wall - fresh, glutaraldehyde & osmium & potassium ferrocyanide, Thiéry-test, 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, modified Thiéry-test, photographer: Diethart, B.
- apertural area of pollen wall - fresh, glutaraldehyde & osmium & potassium ferrocyanide, Thiéry-test, photographer: Diethart, B.
- Ubisch bodies in loculus - fresh, glutaraldehyde & osmium & potassium ferrocyanide, modified Thiéry-test, photographer: Diethart, B.
Literature
Copyright and Citation
Cite this publication as:
Diethart B. 2005. Bassia scoparia. In: PalDat - A palynological database. https://pc8.botanik.univie.ac.at/pub/Bassia_scoparia/107228; accessed 2025-04-28