Luzula sylvatica
Taxonomy: Angiospermae, Poales, Juncaceae, Luzula
Links: http://flora.nhm-wien.ac.at/Seiten-Arten/Luzula-sylvatica-2.htm
Published: 2021-01-05
Pollen Description
Shape, Size and Aperture
pollen unit: tetrad, dispersal unit and peculiarities: tetrad, size (pollen unit): medium-sized (26-50 µm), size of hydrated pollen (LM): 51-100 µm, 41-50 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): 41-50 µm, longest diameter in equatorial or polar view (LM): 41-50 µm, pollen class: ulcerate, polarity: heteropolar, P/E-ratio: oblate, shape: -, outline in polar view: circular, dominant orientation (LM): oblique, P/E-ratio (dry pollen): -, shape (dry pollen): cup-shaped, outline in polar view (dry pollen): circular, infoldings (dry pollen): aperture(s) sunken, aperture number: 1, aperture type: ulcus, aperture condition: ulcerate, aperture peculiarities: aperture membrane ornamented
Ornamentation and Structure
LM ornamentation LM: verrucate, gemmate, scabrate, nexine: -, sexine: -, SEM ornamentation SEM: perforate, microverrucate, 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; 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 tetrad - 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 in apertural area - fresh, rehydrated (water) & critical point dried & sputter coated with gold, photographer: Halbritter, H.
- dry tetrads - 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. 2021. Luzula sylvatica. In: PalDat - A palynological database. https://pc8.botanik.univie.ac.at/pub/Luzula_sylvatica/304789; accessed 2025-04-28