Chenopodium album
Taxonomy: Angiospermae, Caryophyllales, Amaranthaceae, Chenopodium
Links: http://flora.nhm-wien.ac.at/Seiten-Arten/Chenopodium-album-album.htm
Published: 2021-01-18
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): 26-30 µm, shortest polar axis in equatorial view (LM): -, longest polar axis in equatorial view (LM): -, shortest diameter in equatorial or polar view (LM): 26-30 µm, longest diameter in equatorial or polar view (LM): 26-30 µm, pollen class: porate, polarity: isopolar, P/E-ratio: -, shape: spheroidal, outline in polar view: circular, dominant orientation (LM): polar, 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: porus, aperture condition: pantoporate, porate, aperture peculiarities: pantoaperturate, operculum
Ornamentation and Structure
LM ornamentation LM: verrucate, gemmate, scabrate, nexine: -, sexine: -, SEM ornamentation SEM: perforate, microechinate, suprasculpture SEM: -, TEM tectum: eutectate, infratectum: columellate, foot layer: continuous, endexine: compact-discontinuous, intine: monolayered, wall peculiarities: -, supratectal element: -
Miscellaneous
pollen coatings: primexine matrix, pollenkitt, reserves in cytoplasm: starch, cell number: 3-celled, Ubisch bodies: present
Annotations: condition of endexine not clear
Author(s) of diagnosis: Diethart, Bernadette; Auer, Waltraud
Pictures
1. habitus
2. flower(s)
3. flower(s)
4. pollen grain with two sperm cells and vegetative nucleus
5. upper focus
6. optical section
7. lower focus
8. hydrated pollen
9. hydrated pollen
10. hydrated pollen
11. hydrated pollen grain
12. apertures and exine surface
13. dry pollen grains
14. dry pollen grain
15. anther wall with Ubisch bodies
16. Ubisch bodies
17. pollen grain in cross section
18. interapertural area of pollen wall
19. interapertural area of pollen wall
20. apertural area of pollen wall
Picture legend
- habitus, photographer: Diethart, B.
- flower(s), photographer: Diethart, B.
- flower(s), photographer: Diethart, B.
- pollen grain with two sperm cells and vegetative nucleus - 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 - fresh, glycerine, unstained, photographer: Auer, W.
- hydrated pollen - fresh, glycerine, ruthenium red, photographer: Auer, W.
- hydrated pollen - fresh, glycerine, ruthenium red, photographer: Auer, W.
- hydrated pollen grain - fresh, rehydrated (water) & critical point dried & sputter coated with gold, photographer: Diethart, B.
- apertures and exine surface - fresh, rehydrated (water) & critical point dried & sputter coated with gold, photographer: Diethart, B.
- dry pollen grains - dry, sputter coated with gold, photographer: Diethart, B.
- dry pollen grain - 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.
- Ubisch bodies - fresh, rehydrated (water) & critical point dried & sputter coated with gold, photographer: Diethart, B.
- pollen grain in cross section - fresh, glutaraldehyde & osmium & potassium ferrocyanide, modified Thiéry-test, photographer: Diethart, B.
- interapertural area of pollen wall - fresh, glutaraldehyde & osmium & potassium ferrocyanide, modified Thiéry-test, photographer: Diethart, B.
- interapertural area of pollen wall - fresh, glutaraldehyde & osmium & potassium ferrocyanide, Thiéry-test, photographer: Diethart, B.
- apertural area of pollen wall - fresh, glutaraldehyde & osmium & potassium ferrocyanide, lipid-test, photographer: Diethart, B.
Literature
- (1969) Development and histochemistry of the endothecium in the anthers of in vitro grown Chenopodium rubrum L. Bot Gaz 130: 10-22
- (2005) Exkursionsflora für Österreich, Liechtenstein und Südtirol : 1180
- (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:
Diethart B., Auer W. 2021. Chenopodium album. In: PalDat - A palynological database. https://pc8.botanik.univie.ac.at/pub/Chenopodium_album/304986; accessed 2025-04-27