Clerodendrum thomsoniae
Taxonomy: Angiospermae, Lamiales, Lamiaceae, Clerodendrum
Published: 2021-08-10
Pollen Description
Shape, Size and Aperture
pollen unit: monad, dispersal unit and peculiarities: monad, size (pollen unit): large (51-100 µm), size of hydrated pollen (LM): -, shortest polar axis in equatorial view (LM): 51-100 µm, longest polar axis in equatorial view (LM): -, shortest diameter in equatorial or polar view (LM): 51-100 µm, longest diameter in equatorial or polar view (LM): 51-100 µm, pollen class: colpate, polarity: isopolar, P/E-ratio: -, shape: spheroidal, outline in polar view: circular, dominant orientation (LM): oblique, P/E-ratio (dry pollen): prolate, shape (dry pollen): -, outline in polar view (dry pollen): lobate, infoldings (dry pollen): aperture(s) sunken, aperture number: 3, aperture type: colpus, aperture condition: tricolpate, colpate, aperture peculiarities: aperture membrane ornamented
Ornamentation and Structure
LM ornamentation LM: echinate, nexine: -, sexine: -, SEM ornamentation SEM: perforate, echinate, suprasculpture SEM: -, TEM tectum: -, infratectum: -, foot layer: -, endexine: -, intine: -, wall peculiarities: -, supratectal element: -
Miscellaneous
pollen coatings: -, reserves in cytoplasm: -, cell number: -, Ubisch bodies: absent
Author(s) of diagnosis: Halbritter, Heidemarie; Auer, Waltraud
Pictures
1. flower(s)
2. flower(s)
3. flower(s)
4. polar view
5. polar view
6. equatorial view
7. polar view
8. polar view
9. polar view
10. equatorial view
11. polar view
12. equatorial view
13. aperture
14. detail of aperture
15. exine surface
16. polar area
17. dry pollen grains
Picture legend
- flower(s), photographer: Buchner, R.
- flower(s), photographer: Buchner, R.
- flower(s), photographer: Buchner, R.
- polar view - fresh, glycerine, ruthenium red, photographer: Auer, W.
- polar view - fresh, glycerine, ruthenium red, photographer: Auer, W.
- equatorial view - fresh, glycerine, ruthenium red, photographer: Auer, W.
- polar view - fresh, glycerine, ruthenium red, photographer: Auer, W.
- polar view - fresh, glycerine, unstained, photographer: Auer, W.
- polar view - fresh, glycerine, unstained, photographer: Auer, W.
- equatorial view - fresh, glycerine, unstained, photographer: Auer, W.
- polar view - fresh, rehydration (water) & critical point dried & sputter coated with gold, photographer: Halbritter, H.
- equatorial view - 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.
- polar area - 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) Preparing living pollen material for scanning electron microscopy using 2,2-dimethoxypropane (DMP) and criticalpoint drying. Biotechnic Histochem 73: 137–143
- (1987) Acanthaceae, Geraniaceae, Globulariaceae, Lamiaceae, Oxalidaceae, Verbenaceae. In: Valdés B., Díez M.J., Fernández I. (eds) Atlas polínico de Andalucía occidental. Inst de Desarrollo Regional 43, Univ de Sevilla
Copyright and Citation
Cite this publication as:
Halbritter H., Auer W., Buchner R. 2021. Clerodendrum thomsoniae. In: PalDat - A palynological database. https://pc8.botanik.univie.ac.at/pub/Clerodendrum_thomsoniae/306442; accessed 2025-01-10