Linaria vulgaris
Taxonomy: Angiospermae, Lamiales, Plantaginaceae, Linaria
Annotations: Linaria vulgaris Mill.
Published: 2016-03-01
Pollen Description
Shape, Size and Aperture
pollen unit: monad, dispersal unit and peculiarities: monad, size (pollen unit): small (10-25 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: colporate, polarity: isopolar, P/E-ratio: -, shape: spheroidal, outline in polar view: circular, dominant orientation (LM): -, P/E-ratio (dry pollen): prolate, shape (dry pollen): -, outline in polar view (dry pollen): lobate, infoldings (dry pollen): aperture(s) sunken, aperture number: 3, aperture type: colporus, aperture condition: tricolporate, colporate, aperture peculiarities: -
Ornamentation and Structure
LM ornamentation LM: reticulate, nexine: present, sexine: present, SEM ornamentation SEM: microreticulate, suprasculpture SEM: -, TEM tectum: semitectate, infratectum: columellate, 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
Author(s) of diagnosis: Halbritter, Heidemarie; Ulrich, Silvia
Pictures
1. habitus
2. flower(s)
3. flower(s)
4. flower(s)
5. bi-cellular pollen grain
6. upper focus
7. optical section
8. lower focus
9. hydrated pollen grain in equatorial view
10. pollen grains with pollenkitt
11. hydrated pollen grain in polar view
12. polar view
13. hydrated pollen grain in equatorial view
14. equatorial view
15. detail of aperture
16. detail of aperture
17. detail of exine surface
18. exine surface
19. polar area
20. anther hairs with pollen grains
21. anther hair with pollen grains
22. dry pollen grains
23. dry pollen grains
24. pollen grain in cross section
25. pollen wall; aperture area; pollenkitt
26. pollen wall; interapertural area; pollenkitt
27. pollen wall; interapertural area; compact endexine clearly visible (electron-dense) with U + Pb
28. pollen wall; interapertural area; compact endexine clearly visible (electron-dense) with modified Thiéry-test
29. pollen wall; interapertural area; compact endexine clearly visible (electron-dense) with potassium permanganate
Picture legend
- habitus, photographer: Ulrich, S.
- flower(s), photographer: Halbritter, H.
- flower(s), photographer: Ulrich, S.
- flower(s), photographer: Ulrich, S.
- bi-cellular pollen grain - dry, rehydrated (water), aceto-carmine, photographer: Ulrich, S.
- upper focus - dry, acetolyzed, unstained, photographer: Ulrich, S.
- optical section - dry, acetolyzed, unstained, photographer: Ulrich, S.
- lower focus - dry, acetolyzed, unstained, photographer: Ulrich, S.
- hydrated pollen grain in equatorial view - dry, rehydrated (water), unstained, photographer: Ulrich, S.
- pollen grains with pollenkitt - dry, rehydrated (water), iodine, photographer: Ulrich, S.
- hydrated pollen grain in polar view - dry, rehydration (water) & critical point dried & sputter coated with gold, photographer: Ulrich, S.
- polar view - fresh, DMP & critical point dried & sputter coated with gold, photographer: Halbritter, H.
- hydrated pollen grain in equatorial view - dry, rehydration (water) & critical point dried & sputter coated with gold, photographer: Ulrich, S.
- 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.
- detail of aperture - dry, rehydration (water) & DMP & critical point dried & sputter coated with gold, photographer: Ulrich, S.
- detail of exine surface - dry, rehydration (water) & critical point dried & sputter coated with gold, photographer: Ulrich, S.
- exine surface - fresh, rehydrated (water) & critical point dried & sputter coated with gold, photographer: Halbritter, H.
- polar area - dry, rehydration (water) & critical point dried & sputter coated with gold, photographer: Ulrich, S.
- anther hairs with pollen grains - dry, rehydration (water) & critical point dried & sputter coated with gold, photographer: Ulrich, S.
- anther hair with pollen grains - dry, rehydration (water) & critical point dried & sputter coated with gold, photographer: Ulrich, S.
- dry pollen grains - dry, sputter coated with gold, photographer: Ulrich, S.
- dry pollen grains - dry, sputter coated with gold, photographer: Halbritter, H.
- pollen grain in cross section - fresh, glutaraldehyde & osmium & potassium ferrocyanide, modified Thiéry-test, photographer: Ulrich, S.
- pollen wall; aperture area; pollenkitt - fresh, glutaraldehyde & osmium, modified Thiéry-test, photographer: Ulrich, S.
- pollen wall; interapertural area; pollenkitt - fresh, glutaraldehyde & osmium & potassium ferrocyanide, modified Thiéry-test, photographer: Ulrich, S.
- pollen wall; interapertural area; compact endexine clearly visible (electron-dense) with U + Pb - fresh, glutaraldehyde & osmium & potassium ferrocyanide, uranyl acetate & lead citrate, photographer: Ulrich, S.
- pollen wall; interapertural area; compact endexine clearly visible (electron-dense) with modified Thiéry-test - fresh, glutaraldehyde & osmium & potassium ferrocyanide, modified Thiéry-test, photographer: Ulrich, S.
- pollen wall; interapertural area; compact endexine clearly visible (electron-dense) with potassium permanganate - fresh, glutaraldehyde & osmium & potassium ferrocyanide, potassium permanganate, photographer: Ulrich, S.
Literature
- (1988) Ultrastructure of Linaria vulgaris pollen grains Acta Bot. Neerl. 37: 379-386
- (2005) Exkursionsflora für Österreich, Liechtenstein und Südtirol : 1180
- (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., Ulrich S. 2016. Linaria vulgaris. In: PalDat - A palynological database. https://pc8.botanik.univie.ac.at/pub/Linaria_vulgaris/300529; accessed 2025-04-28