Catalpa bungei
Taxonomy: Spermatophyta, Scrophulariales, Bignoniaceae, Catalpa
Published: 2008-05-02
Pollen Description
Shape, Size and Aperture
pollen unit: tetrad, dispersal unit and peculiarities: tetrad, size (pollen unit): large (51-100 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: clypeate, polarity: heteropolar, P/E-ratio: -, shape: -, outline in polar view: circular, dominant orientation (LM): -, P/E-ratio (dry pollen): -, shape (dry pollen): -, outline in polar view (dry pollen): lobate, infoldings (dry pollen): -, aperture number: none, aperture type: -, aperture condition: -, aperture peculiarities: -
Ornamentation and Structure
LM ornamentation LM: reticulate, nexine: -, sexine: -, SEM ornamentation SEM: reticulate, suprasculpture SEM: -, TEM tectum: semitectate, infratectum: -, foot layer: -, endexine: -, intine: -, wall peculiarities: -, supratectal element: -
Miscellaneous
pollen coatings: absent, reserves in cytoplasm: -, cell number: -, Ubisch bodies: present
Author(s) of diagnosis: Halbritter, H.
Pictures
Picture legend
- flower(s), photographer: Halbritter, H.
- tetrads - fresh, rehydrated (water) & critical point dried & sputter coated with gold, photographer: Halbritter, H.
- tetrahedral tetrad - fresh, rehydrated (water) & critical point dried & sputter coated with gold, photographer: Halbritter, H.
- planar tetrad - fresh, rehydrated (water) & critical point dried & sputter coated with gold, photographer: Halbritter, H.
- pollen 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.
Literature
Copyright and Citation
Cite this publication as:
Halbritter H. 2008. Catalpa bungei. In: PalDat - A palynological database. https://pc8.botanik.univie.ac.at/pub/Catalpa_bungei/112824;jsessionid=DD311E34D4F49B1ACD2C5B065819ADB4; accessed 2025-01-26