Chlorospatha dodsonii
Taxonomy: Angiospermae, Alismatales, Araceae, Chlorospatha
Published: 2016-10-06
Pollen Description
Shape, Size and Aperture
pollen unit: tetrad, dispersal unit and peculiarities: tetrad tetragonal, tetrad planar, tetrad decussate, 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: tetrad, polarity: heteropolar, P/E-ratio: -, shape: spheroidal, outline in polar view: circular, dominant orientation (LM): -, P/E-ratio (dry pollen): -, shape (dry pollen): spheroidal, outline in polar view (dry pollen): circular, infoldings (dry pollen): not infolded, aperture number: none, aperture type: no aperture, aperture condition: inaperturate, aperture peculiarities: -
Ornamentation and Structure
LM ornamentation LM: -, nexine: -, sexine: -, SEM ornamentation SEM: psilate, suprasculpture SEM: -, TEM tectum: -, infratectum: -, foot layer: -, endexine: -, intine: -, wall peculiarities: -, supratectal element: -
Miscellaneous
pollen coatings: -, reserves in cytoplasm: -, cell number: -, Ubisch bodies: -
Annotations: dry pollen not or only slightly infolded, shape of single pollen grains more or less spheroidal
Author(s) of diagnosis: Halbritter, Heidemarie
Pictures
Picture legend
- hydrated tetrad - fresh, rehydration (water) & DMP & critical point dried, photographer: Halbritter, H.
- hydrated tetrad - fresh, rehydration (water) & DMP & critical point dried, photographer: Halbritter, H.
- hydrated tetrad - fresh, rehydration (water) & DMP & critical point dried, photographer: Halbritter, H.
- exine surface - fresh, rehydration (water) & DMP & critical point dried, photographer: Halbritter, H.
- dry pollen grains - fresh, 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. 2016. Chlorospatha dodsonii. In: PalDat - A palynological database. https://pc8.botanik.univie.ac.at/pub/Chlorospatha_dodsonii/301520;jsessionid=D28F8AD697960AA675278981140F65E8; accessed 2025-01-25