Corydalis lutea
Taxonomy: Spermatophyta, Papaverales, Fumariaceae, Corydalis
Published: 2005-06-01
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): -, 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: -, polarity: isopolar, 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): quadrangular, infoldings (dry pollen): aperture(s) sunken, aperture number: >6, aperture type: -, aperture condition: colpate, aperture peculiarities: -
Ornamentation and Structure
LM ornamentation LM: perforate, nexine: -, sexine: -, SEM ornamentation SEM: perforate, suprasculpture SEM: -, TEM tectum: eutectate, infratectum: alveolate, foot layer: continuous, 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: Polarity identification only possible in the tetrad stage.
Author(s) of diagnosis: Auer, A.
Pictures
1. flower of Corydalis lutea
2. upper focus
3. optical section
4. lower focus
5. generative cell (asterisk) and vegetative nucleus
6. hydrated pollen
7. hydrated pollen
8. detail of colpus membrane
9. exine surface
10. dry pollen
11. dry pollen
12. interapertural area of pollen wall, intine (I) , endexine (E)
13. apertural area of pollen wall, intine (I), endexine (E)
14. pollen wall (PK) and tapetum cells (TA)
Picture legend
- flower of Corydalis lutea, photographer: Auer, A.
- upper focus - fresh, acetolyzed, unstained, photographer: Auer, A.
- optical section - fresh, acetolyzed, unstained, photographer: Auer, A.
- lower focus - fresh, acetolyzed, unstained, photographer: Auer, A.
- generative cell (asterisk) and vegetative nucleus - fixed, formalin-acetic-alcohol, aceto-carmine, photographer: Auer, A.
- hydrated pollen - fresh, rehydrated (water) & critical point dried & sputter coated with gold, photographer: Auer, A.
- hydrated pollen - fresh, rehydrated (water) & critical point dried & sputter coated with gold, photographer: Auer, A.
- detail of colpus membrane - fresh, rehydrated (water) & critical point dried & sputter coated with gold, photographer: Auer, A.
- exine surface - fresh, rehydrated (water) & critical point dried & sputter coated with gold, photographer: Auer, A.
- dry pollen - dry, sputter coated with gold, photographer: Auer, A.
- dry pollen - dry, sputter coated with gold, photographer: Auer, A.
- interapertural area of pollen wall, intine (I) , endexine (E) - fresh, glutaraldehyde & osmium & potassium ferrocyanide, uranyl acetate & lead citrate, photographer: Auer, A.
- apertural area of pollen wall, intine (I), endexine (E) - fresh, glutaraldehyde & osmium & potassium ferrocyanide, uranyl acetate & lead citrate, photographer: Auer, A.
- pollen wall (PK) and tapetum cells (TA) - fresh, glutaraldehyde & osmium & potassium ferrocyanide, uranyl acetate & lead citrate, photographer: Auer, A.
Literature
- (1998) Pollenmorphologie der Ranunculanae. Diplomarbeit. Universität Wien : 125 pp
Copyright and Citation
Cite this publication as:
Auer A. 2005. Corydalis lutea. In: PalDat - A palynological database. https://pc8.botanik.univie.ac.at/pub/Corydalis_lutea/110235;jsessionid=A9FC96BD0823F241BC93133264D68A6C; accessed 2025-01-10