Pulmonaria officinalis
Taxonomy: Angiospermae, unplaced, Boraginaceae, Pulmonaria
Links: http://flora.nhm-wien.ac.at/Seiten-Arten/Pulmonaria-officinalis.htm
Published: 2020-12-14
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): 26-30 µm, 31-35 µm, shortest polar axis in equatorial view (LM): 26-30 µm, longest polar axis in equatorial view (LM): 31-35 µm, shortest diameter in equatorial or polar view (LM): 26-30 µm, longest diameter in equatorial or polar view (LM): 26-30 µm, pollen class: colporate, polarity: isopolar, P/E-ratio: prolate, shape: -, outline in polar view: quadrangular, dominant orientation (LM): equatorial, P/E-ratio (dry pollen): prolate, shape (dry pollen): -, outline in polar view (dry pollen): quadrangular, infoldings (dry pollen): aperture(s) sunken, aperture number: 4, aperture type: colporus, aperture condition: colporate, tetracolporate, aperture peculiarities: stephanoaperturate
Ornamentation and Structure
LM ornamentation LM: psilate, nexine: -, sexine: -, SEM ornamentation SEM: psilate, perforate, suprasculpture SEM: -, TEM tectum: eutectate, infratectum: columellate, foot layer: continuous, endexine: compact-continuous, intine: monolayered, wall peculiarities: -, supratectal element: -
Miscellaneous
pollen coatings: pollenkitt, reserves in cytoplasm: -, cell number: 3-celled, Ubisch bodies: present
Annotations: belt-like equatorial zone with different exine pattern
Author(s) of diagnosis: Halbritter, Heidemarie; Bombosi, Paula; Weber, Martina; Heigl, Helmut
Pictures
1. flower(s)
2. equatorial view, upper focus
3. optical section
4. equatorial view, lower focus
5. hydrated pollen
6. hydrated pollen
7. hydrated pollen
8. polar view
9. hydrated pollen, equatorial view
10. detail of aperture
11. detail of interapertural area
12. exine surface
13. dry pollen
14. dry pollen, equatorial view
15. pollen grain in cross section
16. pollen wall, interapertural area
17. pollen wall, interapertural area
18. apertural area of pollen wall, intine (I)
19. Ubisch bodies (U)
Picture legend
- flower(s), photographer: Halbritter, H.
- equatorial view, upper focus - dry, acetolyzed, unstained, photographer: Bombosi, P.
- optical section - dry, acetolyzed, unstained, photographer: Bombosi, P.
- equatorial view, lower focus - dry, acetolyzed, unstained, photographer: Bombosi, P.
- 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.
- polar view - fresh, rehydrated (water) & critical point dried & sputter coated with gold, photographer: Halbritter, H.
- hydrated pollen, 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 interapertural area - 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.
- dry pollen - dry, sputter coated with gold, photographer: Halbritter, H.
- dry pollen, equatorial view - dry, sputter coated with gold, photographer: Halbritter, H.
- pollen grain in cross section - fresh, glutaraldehyde & osmium & potassium ferrocyanide, uranyl acetate & lead citrate, photographer: Bombosi, P.
- pollen wall, interapertural area - fresh, glutaraldehyde & osmium & potassium ferrocyanide, uranyl acetate & lead citrate, photographer: Weber, M.
- pollen wall, interapertural area - fresh, glutaraldehyde & osmium & potassium ferrocyanide, Thiéry-test, photographer: Weber, M.
- apertural area of pollen wall, intine (I) - fresh, glutaraldehyde & osmium & potassium ferrocyanide, modified Thiéry-test, photographer: Bombosi, P.
- Ubisch bodies (U) - fresh, glutaraldehyde & osmium & potassium ferrocyanide, modified Thiéry-test, photographer: Bombosi, P.
Literature
- (1994) Exkursionsflora von Österreich : 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., Bombosi P., Weber M., Heigl H. 2020. Pulmonaria officinalis. In: PalDat - A palynological database. https://pc8.botanik.univie.ac.at/pub/Pulmonaria_officinalis/304385;jsessionid=3B560B20A7D0B3AD8758E314A5AFA092; accessed 2025-01-25