Berberis linearifolia
Taxonomy: Angiospermae, Ranunculales, Berberidaceae, Berberis
Annotations: Synonym of Berberis trigona
Published: 2023-12-30
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): 41-50 µm, shortest polar axis in equatorial view (LM): 41-50 µm, longest polar axis in equatorial view (LM): 41-50 µm, shortest diameter in equatorial or polar view (LM): 41-50 µm, longest diameter in equatorial or polar view (LM): 41-50 µm, pollen class: synaperturate, clypeate, polarity: -, 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): aperture(s) sunken, aperture number: number varies, aperture type: spiral aperture(s), aperture condition: colpate, aperture peculiarities: pantoaperturate, synaperturate
Ornamentation and Structure
LM ornamentation LM: perforate, reticulate, nexine: -, sexine: -, SEM ornamentation SEM: perforate, suprasculpture SEM: -, TEM tectum: -, infratectum: -, foot layer: -, endexine: -, intine: -, wall peculiarities: -, supratectal element: -
Miscellaneous
pollen coatings: -, reserves in cytoplasm: -, cell number: -, Ubisch bodies: -
Annotations: colpi varying in length and number, anastomosing; pollen clypeate to spiraperturate
Author(s) of diagnosis: Halbritter, Heidemarie; Koelzer, Karen
Pictures
1. flower(s)
2. flower(s)
3. hydrated pollen
4. hydrated pollen
5. hydrated pollen
6. hydrated pollen
7. hydrated pollen
8. hydrated pollen
9. hydrated pollen
10. hydrated pollen
11. hydrated pollen grains
12. hydrated pollen grain
13. hydrated pollen grain
14. hydrated pollen grain
15. aperture
16. detail of aperture
17. exine surface
18. dry pollen grains
Picture legend
- flower(s), photographer: Buchner, R.
- flower(s), photographer: Buchner, R.
- hydrated pollen - fresh, glycerine gelatine, unstained, photographer: Koelzer, K.
- hydrated pollen - fresh, glycerine gelatine, unstained, photographer: Koelzer, K.
- hydrated pollen - fresh, glycerine gelatine, unstained, photographer: Koelzer, K.
- hydrated pollen - fresh, glycerine gelatine, unstained, photographer: Koelzer, K.
- hydrated pollen - fresh, glycerine gelatine, basic fuchsin, photographer: Koelzer, K.
- hydrated pollen - fresh, glycerine gelatine, basic fuchsin, photographer: Koelzer, K.
- hydrated pollen - fresh, glycerine gelatine, basic fuchsin, photographer: Koelzer, K.
- hydrated pollen - fresh, glycerine gelatine, basic fuchsin, photographer: Koelzer, K.
- hydrated pollen grains - fresh, rehydration (water) & critical point dried & sputter coated with gold, photographer: Halbritter, H.
- hydrated pollen grain - fresh, rehydration (water) & critical point dried & sputter coated with gold, photographer: Halbritter, H.
- hydrated pollen grain - fresh, rehydration (water) & critical point dried & sputter coated with gold, photographer: Halbritter, H.
- hydrated pollen grain - fresh, rehydration (water) & critical point dried & sputter coated with gold, photographer: Halbritter, H.
- aperture - fresh, rehydration (water) & critical point dried & sputter coated with gold, photographer: Halbritter, H.
- detail of aperture - fresh, rehydration (water) & critical point dried & sputter coated with gold, photographer: Halbritter, H.
- exine surface - fresh, rehydration (water) & critical point dried & sputter coated with gold, photographer: Halbritter, H.
- dry pollen grains - dry, sputter coated with gold, photographer: Halbritter, H.
Literature
- (1998) Pollenmorphologie der Ranunculanae. Diplomarbeit. Universität Wien : 125 pp
- (1974) Caractères ultrastructuraux et cytochimiques particuliers du sporoderme des pollens de Berberis vulgaris L. et de Mahonia aquifolium Nutt. CR Acad Sc Paris 278: 1475-1477
- (1998) Preparing living pollen material for scanning electron microscopy using 2,2-dimethoxypropane (DMP) and criticalpoint drying. Biotechnic Histochem 73: 137–143
- (2019) Melissopalinological study of Sicilian honey by morphological and molecoular approach Biodiversity Journal 10: 329-336
Copyright and Citation
Cite this publication as:
Halbritter H., Koelzer K., Buchner R. 2023. Berberis linearifolia. In: PalDat - A palynological database. https://pc8.botanik.univie.ac.at/pub/Berberis_linearifolia/306647; accessed 2025-04-27