Lavandula buchii

Taxonomy: Angiospermae, Lamiales, Lamiaceae, Lavandula

Published: 2016-11-08

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: circular, dominant orientation (LM): -, P/E-ratio (dry pollen): prolate, shape (dry pollen): -, outline in polar view (dry pollen): circular, infoldings (dry pollen): aperture(s) sunken, aperture number: 6, aperture type: colpus, aperture condition: stephanocolpate, colpate, hexacolpate, aperture peculiarities: stephanoaperturate, aperture membrane ornamented

Ornamentation and Structure

LM ornamentation LM: -, nexine: -, sexine: -, SEM ornamentation SEM: perforate, psilate, suprasculpture SEM: -, TEM tectum: -, infratectum: -, foot layer: -, endexine: -, intine: -, wall peculiarities: -, supratectal element: -

Miscellaneous

pollen coatings: -, reserves in cytoplasm: -, cell number: -, Ubisch bodies: -

Author(s) of diagnosis: Halbritter, Heidemarie

Pictures

1. polar view

2. equatorial view

3. detail of aperture

4. dry pollen grains

5. dry pollen grain in equatorial view

6. exine surface of dry pollen grain

Picture legend

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.
detail of aperture - fresh, rehydrated (water) & critical point dried & sputter coated with gold, photographer: Halbritter, H.
dry pollen grains - dry, sputter coated with gold, photographer: Halbritter, H.
dry pollen grain in equatorial view - dry, sputter coated with gold, photographer: Halbritter, H.
exine surface of dry pollen grain - dry, sputter coated with gold, photographer: Halbritter, H.

Literature

Suárez-Cervera M, Seoane-Camba J (1985) Étude du pollen de Lavandula viridis L'Her. (Lamiaceae). Sci Géol Bull 38: 107-119
Suárez-Cervera M, Seoane-Camba JA (1983) Estudio comparativo al microscopio electronico de transmision de la ultraestructura del grano de polen en algunas especies del genero Lavandula L. In: Solé de Porta N., Suarez-Cervera M. (eds) Actas del IV Simposio de Palinologia : 105-113
Suárez-Cervera M, Seoane-Camba JA (1986) On the exine elasticity in the Lavandula dentata L. pollen grains. In: Pollen and Spores: Form and Function. The Linnean Society of London, London : 409-411
Suárez-Cervera M, Seoane-Camba JA (1986) Ontogénèse des grains de pollen de Lavandula dentata L. et évolution des cellules tapétales. Pollen et Spores 28: 5-28
Suárez-Cervera M, Seoane-Camba JA (1986) Taxonomía numérica de algunas especies de Lavandula L., basada en caracteres morfológicos, cariológicos y palinológicos. Anales Jard Bot Madrid 42: 395-409
Suárez-Cervera M, Seoane-Camba JA (1987) Pollen morphology of Iberian species of Lavandula L. functional and taxonomic significance. Anales Asoc Palin Lengua Esp 3: 19-34
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:

Halbritter H. 2016. Lavandula buchii. In: PalDat - A palynological database. https://pc8.botanik.univie.ac.at/pub/Lavandula_buchii/302126; accessed 2025-04-27

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