Mimosa pudica
Taxonomy: Spermatophyta, Fabales, Mimosaceae, Mimosa
Published: 2005-06-01
Pollen Description
Shape, Size and Aperture
pollen unit: monad, dispersal unit and peculiarities: monad, size (pollen unit): very small (<10 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: -, polarity: heteropolar, P/E-ratio: oblate, shape: -, outline in polar view: triangular, dominant orientation (LM): -, P/E-ratio (dry pollen): oblate, shape (dry pollen): -, outline in polar view (dry pollen): triangular, infoldings (dry pollen): not infolded, aperture number: none, aperture type: -, aperture condition: -, aperture peculiarities: -
Ornamentation and Structure
LM ornamentation LM: -, nexine: -, sexine: -, SEM ornamentation SEM: fossulate, suprasculpture SEM: -, TEM tectum: eutectate, infratectum: -, foot layer: -, endexine: -, intine: -, wall peculiarities: -, supratectal element: -
Miscellaneous
pollen coatings: absent, reserves in cytoplasm: -, cell number: -, Ubisch bodies: absent
Annotations: tetrahedral tetrads
Author(s) of diagnosis: Halbritter, H.
Pictures
Picture legend
- flower(s), photographer: Halbritter, H.
- tetrads - fresh, rehydrated (water) & critical point dried & sputter coated with gold, photographer: Halbritter, H.
- tetrad - fresh, rehydrated (water) & critical point dried & sputter coated with gold, photographer: Halbritter, H.
- tetrad - fresh, rehydrated (water) & critical point dried & sputter coated with gold, photographer: Halbritter, H.
- tetrad surface - fresh, rehydrated (water) & critical point dried & sputter coated with gold, photographer: Halbritter, H.
- detail of tetrad surface - fresh, rehydrated (water) & critical point dried & sputter coated with gold, photographer: Halbritter, H.
- dry tetrads - dry, sputter coated with gold, photographer: Halbritter, H.
Literature
Copyright and Citation
Cite this publication as:
Halbritter H. 2005. Mimosa pudica. In: PalDat - A palynological database. https://pc8.botanik.univie.ac.at/pub/Mimosa_pudica/108716; accessed 2025-04-28