Impatiens balfourii
Taxonomy: Spermatophyta, Geraniales, Balsaminaceae, Impatiens
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: colpate, polarity: isopolar, P/E-ratio: oblate, shape: -, outline in polar view: elliptic, dominant orientation (LM): -, P/E-ratio (dry pollen): oblate, shape (dry pollen): -, outline in polar view (dry pollen): quadrangular, infoldings (dry pollen): interapertural area sunken, aperture number: 4, aperture type: -, aperture condition: colpate, aperture peculiarities: brevicolpus
Ornamentation and Structure
LM ornamentation LM: free-standing columellae, nexine: -, sexine: -, SEM ornamentation SEM: reticulate, free-standing columellae, suprasculpture SEM: -, TEM tectum: semitectate, infratectum: -, foot layer: -, endexine: -, intine: -, wall peculiarities: -, supratectal element: -
Miscellaneous
pollen coatings: absent, reserves in cytoplasm: -, cell number: -, Ubisch bodies: absent
Annotations: equatorial outline elliptic to quadrangular
Author(s) of diagnosis: Halbritter, H.
Pictures
1. hydrated pollen grains
2. polar view
3. equatorial view
4. equatorial view
5. aperture
6. exine surface
7. exine surface
8. dry pollen grains
Picture legend
- hydrated pollen grains - fresh, rehydrated (water) & critical point dried & sputter coated with gold, photographer: Halbritter, H.
- polar view - fresh, rehydrated (water) & critical point dried & sputter coated with gold, photographer: Halbritter, H.
- equatorial view - fresh, rehydrated (water) & critical point dried & sputter coated with gold, photographer: Halbritter, H.
- equatorial view - fresh, rehydrated (water) & critical point dried & sputter coated with gold, photographer: Halbritter, H.
- aperture - fresh, rehydrated (water) & critical point dried & sputter coated with gold, photographer: Halbritter, H.
- exine surface - fresh, rehydrated (water) & critical point dried & sputter coated with gold, photographer: Halbritter, H.
- exine surface - fresh, rehydrated (water) & critical point dried & sputter coated with gold, photographer: Halbritter, H.
- dry pollen grains - dry, sputter coated with gold, photographer: Halbritter, H.
Literature
- (1974) Emploi des données de la morphologie du pollen actuel à l'appui de la théorie de la dérive des continents. Réflexion méthodologiques. Les genres Impatiens et Anemone. Sci Géol Bull, Strasbourg 27: 185-193
Copyright and Citation
Cite this publication as:
Halbritter H. 2005. Impatiens balfourii. In: PalDat - A palynological database. https://pc8.botanik.univie.ac.at/pub/Impatiens_balfourii/109123; accessed 2025-04-28