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Corydalis cava

Taxonomy: Angiospermae, Ranunculales, Papaveraceae, Corydalis

Links: http://flora.nhm-wien.ac.at/Seiten-Arten/Corydalis-cava.htm

Annotations: Synonym: Corydalis bulbosa

Published: 2020-11-16

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): 31-35 µm,  shortest polar axis in equatorial view (LM): 31-35 µm,  longest polar axis in equatorial view (LM): 31-35 µm,  shortest diameter in equatorial or polar view (LM): 31-35 µm,  longest diameter in equatorial or polar view (LM): 31-35 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): -,  shape (dry pollen): no suitable term,  outline in polar view (dry pollen): no suitable term,  infoldings (dry pollen): aperture(s) sunken,  aperture number: 6,  aperture type: spiral aperture(s),  aperture condition: pantocolpate, colpate, hexacolpate,  aperture peculiarities: pantoaperturate, aperture membrane ornamented

Ornamentation and Structure

LM  ornamentation LM: verrucate, gemmate, scabrate,  nexine: -,  sexine: -,  SEM  ornamentation SEM: perforate, verrucate,  suprasculpture SEM: -,  TEM  tectum: eutectate,  infratectum: columellate,  foot layer: discontinuous,  endexine: compact-continuous,  intine: monolayered,  wall peculiarities: -,  supratectal element: -

Miscellaneous

pollen coatings: pollenkitt,  reserves in cytoplasm: lipids, starch,  cell number: 2-celled,  Ubisch bodies: absent

Annotations: columellellae very short

Author(s) of diagnosis: Oberschneider, Wolfgang; Heigl, Helmut

Pictures

flowers of Corydalis cava

1. flowers of Corydalis cava

upper focus

2. upper focus

optical section

3. optical section

lower focus

4. lower focus

hydrated Pollen

5. hydrated Pollen

hydrated Pollen

6. hydrated Pollen

hydrated Pollen

7. hydrated Pollen

hydrated pollen

8. hydrated pollen

hydrated pollen

9. hydrated pollen

detail of aperture

10. detail of aperture

exine surface

11. exine surface

dry pollen

12. dry pollen

dry pollen

13. dry pollen

interapertural area of pollen wall

14. interapertural area of pollen wall

aperture

15. aperture

generative cell (left) and vegetative nucleus

16. generative cell (left) and vegetative nucleus

Picture legend

  1. flowers of Corydalis cava, photographer: Oberschneider, W.
  2. upper focus - fresh, acetolyzed, unstained, photographer: Oberschneider, W.
  3. optical section - fresh, acetolyzed, unstained, photographer: Oberschneider, W.
  4. lower focus - fresh, acetolyzed, unstained, photographer: Oberschneider, W.
  5. hydrated Pollen - fresh, glycerine, unstained, photographer: Heigl, H.
  6. hydrated Pollen - fresh, glycerine, ruthenium red, photographer: Heigl, H.
  7. hydrated Pollen - fresh, glycerine, ruthenium red, photographer: Heigl, H.
  8. hydrated pollen - fresh, chloroform & critical point dried & sputter coated with gold, photographer: Oberschneider, W.
  9. hydrated pollen - fresh, chloroform & critical point dried & sputter coated with gold, photographer: Oberschneider, W.
  10. detail of aperture - fresh, chloroform & critical point dried & sputter coated with gold, photographer: Oberschneider, W.
  11. exine surface - fresh, chloroform & critical point dried & sputter coated with gold, photographer: Oberschneider, W.
  12. dry pollen - dry, sputter coated with gold, photographer: Oberschneider, W.
  13. dry pollen - dry, sputter coated with gold, photographer: Oberschneider, W.
  14. interapertural area of pollen wall - fresh, glutaraldehyde & osmium & potassium ferrocyanide, uranyl acetate & lead citrate, photographer: Oberschneider, W.
  15. aperture - fresh, glutaraldehyde & osmium & potassium ferrocyanide, uranyl acetate & lead citrate, photographer: Oberschneider, W.
  16. generative cell (left) and vegetative nucleus - fresh, glutaraldehyde & osmium & potassium ferrocyanide, modified Thiéry-test, photographer: Oberschneider, W.

Literature

  • Oberschneider W (1998) Pollenmorphologie der Ranunculanae. Diplomarbeit. Universität Wien : 125 pp
  • Adler W, Oswald K, Fischer R. (1994) Exkursionsflora von Österreich : 1180
  • Halbritter, H (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:

Oberschneider W., Heigl H. 2020. Corydalis cava. In: PalDat - A palynological database. https://pc8.botanik.univie.ac.at/pub/Corydalis_cava/303915; accessed 2025-04-28

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