Rosmarinus officinalis
Taxonomy: Angiospermae, Lamiales, Lamiaceae, Rosmarinus
Published: 2016-11-08
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: colpate, polarity: isopolar, P/E-ratio: oblate, shape: -, outline in polar view: elliptic, dominant orientation (LM): -, P/E-ratio (dry pollen): prolate, shape (dry pollen): -, outline in polar view (dry pollen): elliptic, infoldings (dry pollen): aperture(s) sunken, aperture number: 6, aperture type: colpus, aperture condition: stephanocolpate, colpate, hexacolpate, aperture peculiarities: stephanoaperturate, aperture membrane ornamented
Ornamentation and Structure
LM ornamentation LM: -, nexine: -, sexine: -, SEM ornamentation SEM: microreticulate, suprasculpture SEM: -, TEM tectum: semitectate, infratectum: columellate, foot layer: discontinuous, endexine: absent, intine: monolayered, wall peculiarities: -, supratectal element: -
Miscellaneous
pollen coatings: pollenkitt, reserves in cytoplasm: starch, cell number: -, Ubisch bodies: absent
Author(s) of diagnosis: Halbritter, Heidemarie; Hesse, Michael
Pictures
1. flower(s)
2. flower(s)
3. polar view
4. equatorial view
5. equatorial view
6. aperture
7. exine surface
8. polar area
9. dry pollen grains
10. pollen grain at begin of synthesis of the intine
11. pollen wall at beginning of synthesis of the intine
12. pollen wall at end of synthesis of the intine
Picture legend
- flower(s), photographer: Svojtka, N.
- flower(s), photographer: Svojtka, N.
- polar view - fresh, rehydrated (water) & critical point dried & sputter coated with gold, photographer: Halbritter, H.
- equatorial view - fresh, rehydrated (water) & critical point dried & sputter coated with gold, photographer: Halbritter, H.
- equatorial view - 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.
- polar area - fresh, rehydrated (water) & critical point dried & sputter coated with gold, photographer: Halbritter, H.
- dry pollen grains - dry, sputter coated with gold, photographer: Halbritter, H.
- pollen grain at begin of synthesis of the intine - fresh, glutaraldehyde & osmium & potassium ferrocyanide, modified Thiéry-test, photographer: Hesse, M.
- pollen wall at beginning of synthesis of the intine - fresh, glutaraldehyde & osmium & potassium ferrocyanide, modified Thiéry-test, photographer: Hesse, M.
- pollen wall at end of synthesis of the intine - fresh, glutaraldehyde & osmium & potassium ferrocyanide, modified Thiéry-test, photographer: Hesse, M.
Literature
- (1996) Pollen and tapetum development in male fertile Rosmarinus officinalis L. (Lamiaceae). Grana 34: 305-316
- (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., Hesse M., Svojtka N. 2016. Rosmarinus officinalis. In: PalDat - A palynological database. https://pc8.botanik.univie.ac.at/pub/Rosmarinus_officinalis/302124; accessed 2025-04-28