Cucurbita maxima
Taxonomy: Angiospermae, Cucurbitales, Cucurbitaceae, Cucurbita
Annotations: Cucurbita maxima var. "Red kuri"
Published: 2022-10-17
Pollen Description
Shape, Size and Aperture
pollen unit: monad, dispersal unit and peculiarities: monad, size (pollen unit): very large (>100 µm), size of hydrated pollen (LM): >100 µm, shortest polar axis in equatorial view (LM): >100 µm, longest polar axis in equatorial view (LM): >100 µm, shortest diameter in equatorial or polar view (LM): >100 µm, longest diameter in equatorial or polar view (LM): >100 µm, pollen class: porate, polarity: -, P/E-ratio: -, shape: spheroidal, outline in polar view: circular, dominant orientation (LM): oblique, P/E-ratio (dry pollen): -, shape (dry pollen): -, outline in polar view (dry pollen): -, infoldings (dry pollen): -, aperture number: >6, aperture type: porus, aperture condition: porate, pantoporate, aperture peculiarities: pantoaperturate, operculum
Ornamentation and Structure
LM ornamentation LM: echinate, baculate, nexine: -, sexine: -, SEM ornamentation SEM: -, suprasculpture SEM: -, TEM tectum: -, infratectum: -, foot layer: -, endexine: -, intine: -, wall peculiarities: -, supratectal element: -
Miscellaneous
pollen coatings: pollenkitt, reserves in cytoplasm: -, cell number: -, Ubisch bodies: -
Author(s) of diagnosis: Koelzer, Karen
Pictures
Picture legend
- hydrated pollen - fresh, glycerine, ruthenium red, photographer: Koelzer, K.
- hydrated pollen, aperture with operculum - fresh, glycerine, unstained, photographer: Koelzer, K.
- hydrated pollen, aperture - fresh, glycerine, unstained, photographer: Koelzer, K.
- hydrated pollen - fresh, glycerine, unstained, photographer: Koelzer, K.
- hydrated pollen, aperture with operculum - fresh, glycerine, unstained, photographer: Koelzer, K.
- hydrated pollen - fresh, glycerine, ruthenium red, photographer: Koelzer, K.
- hydrated pollen - fresh, glycerine, ruthenium red, photographer: Koelzer, K.
- hydrated pollen - fresh, glycerine, ruthenium red, photographer: Koelzer, K.
- hydrated pollen - fresh, glycerine, ruthenium red, photographer: Koelzer, K.
- hydrated pollen - fresh, glycerine, ruthenium red, photographer: Koelzer, K.
Literature
Copyright and Citation
Cite this publication as:
Koelzer K. 2022. Cucurbita maxima. In: PalDat - A palynological database. https://pc8.botanik.univie.ac.at/pub/Cucurbita_maxima/306594;jsessionid=980AF614DC9C589A9303E14066EB66AD; accessed 2025-01-10