Calluna vulgaris
Taxonomy: Angiospermae, Ericales, Ericaceae, Calluna
Links: http://flora.nhm-wien.ac.at/Seiten-Arten/Calluna-vulgaris.htm
Published: 2020-12-07
Pollen Description
Shape, Size and Aperture
pollen unit: tetrad, dispersal unit and peculiarities: tetrad tetrahedral, size (pollen unit): medium-sized (26-50 µm), size of hydrated pollen (LM): 31-35 µm, shortest polar axis in equatorial view (LM): 26-30 µm, longest polar axis in equatorial view (LM): 31-35 µm, shortest diameter in equatorial or polar view (LM): 26-30 µm, longest diameter in equatorial or polar view (LM): 31-35 µm, pollen class: tetrad, polarity: heteropolar, P/E-ratio: -, shape: spheroidal, outline in polar view: circular, dominant orientation (LM): oblique, P/E-ratio (dry pollen): -, shape (dry pollen): irregular, outline in polar view (dry pollen): irregular, infoldings (dry pollen): irregularly infolded, aperture number: 3, aperture type: colporus, aperture condition: porate, colporate, aperture peculiarities: -
Ornamentation and Structure
LM ornamentation LM: gemmate, verrucate, scabrate, nexine: -, sexine: -, SEM ornamentation SEM: verrucate, gemmate, suprasculpture SEM: -, TEM tectum: -, infratectum: -, foot layer: -, endexine: -, intine: -, wall peculiarities: -, supratectal element: -
Miscellaneous
pollen coatings: -, reserves in cytoplasm: -, cell number: -, Ubisch bodies: present
Annotations: tetrads tetrahedral, but often irregular, also planar tetrads; aperture: porus, or colporus with inconspicuous colpus
Author(s) of diagnosis: Halbritter, Heidemarie; Heigl, Helmut
Pictures
1. flower(s)
2. hydrated pollen
3. hydrated pollen
4. hydrated pollen
5. hydrated tetrads
6. hydrated tetrad
7. hydrated tetrad
8. apertures
9. apertures
10. exine surface
11. exine surface
12. dry tetrads
13. Ubisch bodies on inner anther wall
Picture legend
- flower(s), photographer: Halbritter, H.
- hydrated pollen - fresh, glycerine, unstained, photographer: Heigl, H.
- hydrated pollen - fresh, glycerine, ruthenium red, photographer: Heigl, H.
- hydrated pollen - fresh, glycerine, ruthenium red, photographer: Heigl, H.
- hydrated tetrads - fresh, rehydrated (water) & critical point dried & sputter coated with gold, photographer: Halbritter, H.
- hydrated tetrad - fresh, DMP & critical point dried, photographer: Halbritter, H.
- hydrated tetrad - fresh, DMP & critical point dried, photographer: Halbritter, H.
- apertures - fresh, rehydrated (water) & sputter coated with gold & critical point dried, photographer: Halbritter, H.
- apertures - 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.
- exine surface - fresh, rehydrated (water) & critical point dried & sputter coated with gold, photographer: Halbritter, H.
- dry tetrads - dry, sputter coated with gold, photographer: Halbritter, H.
- Ubisch bodies on inner anther wall - fresh, rehydrated (water) & critical point dried & sputter coated with gold, photographer: Halbritter, H.
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:
Halbritter H., Heigl H. 2020. Calluna vulgaris. In: PalDat - A palynological database. https://pc8.botanik.univie.ac.at/pub/Calluna_vulgaris/304299;jsessionid=421E80E8859E0A64F8CE3A97FE6937F8; accessed 2025-01-25