Lapeirousia laxa
Taxonomy: Angiospermae, Asparagales, Iridaceae, Lapeirousia
Published: 2025-01-24
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): 51-100 µm, shortest polar axis in equatorial view (LM): 41-50 µm, longest polar axis in equatorial view (LM): 51-100 µm, shortest diameter in equatorial or polar view (LM): <10 µm, longest diameter in equatorial or polar view (LM): <10 µm, pollen class: sulcate, polarity: heteropolar, P/E-ratio: oblate, shape: -, outline in polar view: elliptic, dominant orientation (LM): equatorial, P/E-ratio (dry pollen): -, shape (dry pollen): boat-shaped, outline in polar view (dry pollen): -, infoldings (dry pollen): aperture(s) sunken, aperture number: 1, aperture type: colpus, aperture condition: sulcate, aperture peculiarities: aperture membrane ornamented, operculum
Ornamentation and Structure
LM ornamentation LM: verrucate, gemmate, scabrate, nexine: -, sexine: -, SEM ornamentation SEM: perforate, microechinate, suprasculpture SEM: -, TEM tectum: -, infratectum: -, foot layer: -, endexine: -, intine: -, wall peculiarities: -, supratectal element: -
Miscellaneous
pollen coatings: -, reserves in cytoplasm: -, cell number: -, Ubisch bodies: -
Annotations: sulcus covered by 2 elongated opercula with globular exine elements in between
Author(s) of diagnosis: Halbritter, Heidemarie; Heigl, Helmut
Pictures
Picture legend
- hydrated Pollen - fresh, glycerine, unstained, photographer: Heigl, H.
- hydrated Pollen - fresh, glycerine, ruthenium red, photographer: Heigl, H.
- hydrated Pollen - fresh, glycerine, ruthenium red, photographer: Heigl, H.
- hydrated and dry pollen grains - fresh, rehydrated (water) & critical point dried & sputter coated with gold, photographer: Halbritter, H.
- slightly oblique polar view - fresh, rehydrated (water) & critical point dried & sputter coated with gold, photographer: Halbritter, H.
- detail of 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.
- dry pollen grain - 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
Copyright and Citation
Cite this publication as:
Halbritter H., Heigl H. 2025. Lapeirousia laxa. In: PalDat - A palynological database. https://pc8.botanik.univie.ac.at/pub/Lapeirousia_laxa/304512; accessed 2025-04-26