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an online publication on recent pollen

Lythrum salicaria

Taxonomy: Angiospermae, Myrtales, Lythraceae, Lythrum

Links: http://flora.nhm-wien.ac.at/Seiten-Arten/Lythrum-salicaria.htm

Published: 2021-06-23

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): 21-25 µm, 16-20 µm,  shortest polar axis in equatorial view (LM): 16-20 µm,  longest polar axis in equatorial view (LM): -,  shortest diameter in equatorial or polar view (LM): 21-25 µm,  longest diameter in equatorial or polar view (LM): 21-25 µm,  pollen class: colporate,  polarity: isopolar,  P/E-ratio: -,  shape: spheroidal,  outline in polar view: circular,  dominant orientation (LM): oblique,  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: heteroaperturate, pseudocolpus, aperture membrane ornamented

Ornamentation and Structure

LM  ornamentation LM: striate, rugulate,  nexine: -,  sexine: -,  SEM  ornamentation SEM: striate,  suprasculpture SEM: -,  TEM  tectum: eutectate,  infratectum: columellate,  foot layer: continuous,  endexine: compact-continuous,  intine: -,  wall peculiarities: -,  supratectal element: -

Miscellaneous

pollen coatings: primexine matrix,  reserves in cytoplasm: starch,  cell number: -,  Ubisch bodies: absent

Annotations: flowers tristyled: 1. short style/long filament/pollen size medium, 2. long style/short filament/pollen size small; pollen colour blue or yellow; endexine very thin

Author(s) of diagnosis: Halbritter, Heidemarie; Weber, Martina; Heigl, Helmut; Auer, Waltraud

Pictures

flower(s)

1. flower(s)

hydrated pollen

2. hydrated pollen

hydrated pollen

3. hydrated pollen

hydrated pollen

4. hydrated pollen

blue pollen grain (left) and yellow pollen grain (right),pollen size different between the morphs

5. blue pollen grain (left) and yellow pollen grain (right), pollen size different between the morphs

polar view

6. polar view

polar view of yellow pollen grain from anthers with short filaments

7. polar view of yellow pollen grain from anthers with short filaments

equatorial view

8. equatorial view

equatorial view of blue pollen grain

9. equatorial view of blue pollen grain

detail of aperture

10. detail of aperture

exine surface

11. exine surface

polar area

12. polar area

dry pollen grains

13. dry pollen grains

pollen wall near aperture

14. pollen wall near aperture

pollen wall; note thin endexine

15. pollen wall; note thin endexine

detail of aperture

16. detail of aperture

Picture legend

  1. flower(s), photographer: Halbritter, H.
  2. hydrated pollen - fresh, glycerine, unstained, photographer: Heigl, H.
  3. hydrated pollen - fresh, glycerine, ruthenium red, photographer: Heigl, H.
  4. hydrated pollen - fresh, glycerine, ruthenium red, photographer: Heigl, H.
  5. blue pollen grain (left) and yellow pollen grain (right), pollen size different between the morphs - fresh, rehydrated (water) & critical point dried & sputter coated with gold, photographer: Halbritter, H.
  6. polar view - fresh, rehydrated (water) & critical point dried & sputter coated with gold, photographer: Halbritter, H.
  7. polar view of yellow pollen grain from anthers with short filaments - fresh, rehydrated (water) & critical point dried & sputter coated with gold, photographer: Halbritter, H.
  8. equatorial view - fresh, rehydrated (water) & critical point dried & sputter coated with gold, photographer: Halbritter, H.
  9. equatorial view of blue pollen grain - fresh, rehydrated (water) & critical point dried & sputter coated with gold, photographer: Halbritter, H.
  10. detail of aperture - fresh, rehydrated (water) & critical point dried & sputter coated with gold, photographer: Halbritter, H.
  11. exine surface - fresh, rehydrated (water) & critical point dried & sputter coated with gold, photographer: Halbritter, H.
  12. polar area - fresh, rehydrated (water) & critical point dried & sputter coated with gold, photographer: Halbritter, H.
  13. dry pollen grains - dry, sputter coated with gold, photographer: Halbritter, H.
  14. pollen wall near aperture - fresh, glutaraldehyde & osmium & potassium ferrocyanide, uranyl acetate & lead citrate, photographer: Weber, M.
  15. pollen wall; note thin endexine - fresh, glutaraldehyde & osmium & potassium ferrocyanide, uranyl acetate & lead citrate, photographer: Weber, M.
  16. detail of aperture - fresh, glutaraldehyde & osmium & potassium ferrocyanide, uranyl acetate & lead citrate, photographer: Weber, M.

Literature

  • Booi M, Punt W, Hoen PP (2003) Lythraceae. The Northwest European Pollen Flora 68. Rev Palaeobot Palynol 123: 163-180
  • 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., Weber M., Heigl H., Auer W. 2021. Lythrum salicaria. In: PalDat - A palynological database. https://pc8.botanik.univie.ac.at/pub/Lythrum_salicaria/306279; accessed 2025-04-27

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