Plantago maritima
Taxonomy: Angiospermae, Lamiales, Plantaginaceae, Plantago
Published: 2016-03-01
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: porate, polarity: -, P/E-ratio: -, shape: spheroidal, outline in polar view: circular, dominant orientation (LM): -, P/E-ratio (dry pollen): -, shape (dry pollen): irregular, outline in polar view (dry pollen): irregular, infoldings (dry pollen): irregularly infolded, aperture number: >6, aperture type: porus, aperture condition: pantoporate, porate, aperture peculiarities: annulus, pantoaperturate, aperture membrane ornamented
Ornamentation and Structure
LM ornamentation LM: verrucate, nexine: present, sexine: present, SEM ornamentation SEM: verrucate, microechinate, perforate, suprasculpture SEM: -, TEM tectum: eutectate, infratectum: columellate, foot layer: discontinuous, endexine: compact-discontinuous, intine: bilayered, wall peculiarities: -, supratectal element: -
Miscellaneous
pollen coatings: absent, reserves in cytoplasm: starch, cell number: 2-celled, Ubisch bodies: present
Annotations: foot layer very thin, with channels
Author(s) of diagnosis: Ulrich, Silvia
Pictures
1. inflorescence(s)
2. inflorescence(s)
3. 2-celled pollen
4. acetolysed pollen, upper focus
5. acetolysed pollen, optical section
6. acetolysed pollen, lower focus
7. hydrated pollen
8. hydrated pollen
9. starch
10. hydrated pollen
11. hydrated pollen
12. aperture
13. aperture with ornamented aperture membrane
14. detail of exine surface
15. dry pollen grains
16. acetolysed pollen, crushed pollen wall with endexine (granular) and ektexine
17. acetolysed pollen, crushed, detail of endexine
18. Ubisch bodies on inner anther wall
19. pollen grains in cross section
20. pollen wall in cross section, lipids (electron-dense), starch (electron-lucent)
21. pollen wall, aperture area
22. pollen wall, aperture area
23. pollen wall, aperture area
24. pollen wall, aperture area
25. pollen wall, aperture area and interapertural area
26. pollen wall, interapertural area
27. pollen wall, interapertural area
28. pollen wall, interapertural area
29. pollen wall, interapertural area
30. Ubisch bodies on loculus wall
31. cytoplasm with vegetative nucleus, starch, lipids
32. cytoplasm with generative cell
33. cytoplasm with starch, lipids, mitochondria
Picture legend
- inflorescence(s), photographer: Ulrich, S.
- inflorescence(s), photographer: Ulrich, S.
- 2-celled pollen - dry, rehydrated (water), aceto-carmine, photographer: Ulrich, S.
- acetolysed pollen, upper focus - dry, acetolyzed, unstained, photographer: Ulrich, S.
- acetolysed pollen, optical section - dry, acetolyzed, unstained, photographer: Ulrich, S.
- acetolysed pollen, lower focus - dry, acetolyzed, unstained, photographer: Ulrich, S.
- hydrated pollen - dry, rehydrated (water), unstained, photographer: Ulrich, S.
- hydrated pollen - dry, rehydrated (water), unstained, photographer: Ulrich, S.
- starch - dry, rehydrated (water), iodine, photographer: Ulrich, S.
- hydrated pollen - dry, rehydration (water) & critical point dried & sputter coated with gold, photographer: Ulrich, S.
- hydrated pollen - dry, rehydration (water) & critical point dried & sputter coated with gold, photographer: Ulrich, S.
- aperture - dry, rehydration (water) & critical point dried & sputter coated with gold, photographer: Ulrich, S.
- aperture with ornamented aperture membrane - dry, rehydration (water) & 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.
- dry pollen grains - dry, sputter coated with gold, photographer: Ulrich, S.
- acetolysed pollen, crushed pollen wall with endexine (granular) and ektexine - dry, rehydrated (water) & critical point dried & sputter coated with gold, photographer: Zetter, R.
- acetolysed pollen, crushed, detail of endexine - dry, rehydrated (water) & critical point dried & sputter coated with gold, photographer: Zetter, R.
- Ubisch bodies on inner anther wall - dry, rehydration (water) & critical point dried & sputter coated with gold, photographer: Ulrich, S.
- pollen grains in cross section - fresh, glutaraldehyde & osmium & potassium ferrocyanide, modified Thiéry-test, photographer: Ulrich, S.
- pollen wall in cross section, lipids (electron-dense), starch (electron-lucent) - fresh, glutaraldehyde & osmium & potassium ferrocyanide, uranyl acetate & lead citrate, photographer: Ulrich, S.
- pollen wall, aperture area - fresh, glutaraldehyde & osmium & potassium ferrocyanide, uranyl acetate & lead citrate, photographer: Ulrich, S.
- pollen wall, aperture area - fresh, glutaraldehyde & osmium & potassium ferrocyanide, lipid-test, photographer: Ulrich, S.
- pollen wall, aperture area - fresh, glutaraldehyde & osmium & potassium ferrocyanide, potassium permanganate, photographer: Ulrich, S.
- pollen wall, aperture area - fresh, glutaraldehyde & osmium & potassium ferrocyanide, modified Thiéry-test, photographer: Ulrich, S.
- pollen wall, aperture area and interapertural area - fresh, glutaraldehyde & osmium & potassium ferrocyanide, potassium permanganate, photographer: Ulrich, S.
- pollen wall, interapertural area - fresh, glutaraldehyde & osmium & potassium ferrocyanide, modified Thiéry-test, photographer: Ulrich, S.
- pollen wall, interapertural area - fresh, glutaraldehyde & osmium & potassium ferrocyanide, modified Thiéry-test, photographer: Ulrich, S.
- pollen wall, interapertural area - fresh, glutaraldehyde & osmium & potassium ferrocyanide, lipid-test, photographer: Ulrich, S.
- pollen wall, interapertural area - fresh, glutaraldehyde & osmium & potassium ferrocyanide, potassium permanganate, photographer: Ulrich, S.
- Ubisch bodies on loculus wall - fresh, glutaraldehyde & osmium & potassium ferrocyanide, modified Thiéry-test, photographer: Ulrich, S.
- cytoplasm with vegetative nucleus, starch, lipids - fresh, glutaraldehyde & osmium & potassium ferrocyanide, modified Thiéry-test, photographer: Ulrich, S.
- cytoplasm with generative cell - fresh, glutaraldehyde & osmium & potassium ferrocyanide, modified Thiéry-test, photographer: Ulrich, S.
- cytoplasm with starch, lipids, mitochondria - fresh, glutaraldehyde & osmium & potassium ferrocyanide, modified Thiéry-test, photographer: Ulrich, S.
Literature
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- (1978) Entwicklungstendenzen blütenökologischer Merkmale bei Plantago. Flora 167: 41-56
- (1976) Anthecological relations between reputedly anemophilous flowers and syrphid flies. II. Plantago media L. Acta Bot Neerl 25: 205-211
- (1978) Evolutionary aspects of wind pollination in the genus Plantago (Plantaginaceae). New Phytol 81: 449-458
- (1984) The significance of biotic pollination in a nominally anemophilous plant: Plantago lanceolata. Proc Kon Ned Akad Wet, ser C 87: 95-119
- (1976) Anthecological relations between reputedly anemophilous flowers and syrphid flies. I. The possible role of syrphid flies as pollinators of Plantago. Tijdschr Entom 119: 15-31
- (1988) Palynological study of the genus Plantago in the Iberian Peninsula. Grana 27: 1-15
- (1998) Preparing living pollen material for scanning electron microscopy using 2,2-dimethoxypropane (DMP) and criticalpoint drying. Biotechnic Histochem 73: 137–143
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Copyright and Citation
Cite this publication as:
Ulrich S., Zetter R. 2016. Plantago maritima. In: PalDat - A palynological database. https://pc8.botanik.univie.ac.at/pub/Plantago_maritima/300503;jsessionid=AB8FDDD9BBBBA4A87D1520CBA274D1EA; accessed 2025-01-10