Taraxacum officinale
Taxonomy: Spermatophyta, Asterales, Asteraceae, Taraxacum
Published: 2005-06-01
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: lophate, polarity: isopolar, P/E-ratio: -, shape: spheroidal, outline in polar view: circular, dominant orientation (LM): -, P/E-ratio (dry pollen): -, shape (dry pollen): spheroidal, outline in polar view (dry pollen): circular, infoldings (dry pollen): -, aperture number: 3, aperture type: colporus, aperture condition: colporate, aperture peculiarities: -
Ornamentation and Structure
LM ornamentation LM: echinate, nexine: -, sexine: -, SEM ornamentation SEM: echinate, perforate, suprasculpture SEM: -, TEM tectum: eutectate, infratectum: alveolate, foot layer: continuous, endexine: compact-continuous, intine: monolayered, wall peculiarities: internal tectum, supratectal element: -
Miscellaneous
pollen coatings: pollenkitt, reserves in cytoplasm: starch, cell number: 3-celled, Ubisch bodies: absent
Author(s) of diagnosis: Bombosi, P.
Pictures
1. flower(s)
2. polar view, upper focus
3. optical section
4. polar view, lower focus
5. pollen grain with sperm cells (arrows)
6. polar view
7. equatorial view
8. detail of aperture
9. exine surface
10. exine surface
11. dry pollen grain
12. pollen grain in cross section
13. interapertural area of pollen wall, intine (I), endexine (E)
14. interapertural area of pollen wall, intine (I), endexine (E)
15. aperture, intine (I)
Picture legend
- flower(s), photographer: Bombosi, P.
- polar view, upper focus - dry, acetolyzed, unstained, photographer: Bombosi, P.
- optical section - dry, acetolyzed, unstained, photographer: Bombosi, P.
- polar view, lower focus - dry, acetolyzed, unstained, photographer: Bombosi, P.
- pollen grain with sperm cells (arrows) - fixed, glutaraldehyde, aceto-carmine, photographer: Bombosi, P.
- polar view - fresh, rehydrated (water) & critical point dried & sputter coated with gold, photographer: Bombosi, P.
- equatorial view - fresh, rehydrated (water) & critical point dried & sputter coated with gold, photographer: Bombosi, P.
- detail of aperture - fresh, rehydrated (water) & critical point dried & sputter coated with gold, photographer: Bombosi, P.
- exine surface - fresh, rehydrated (water) & critical point dried & sputter coated with gold, photographer: Bombosi, P.
- exine surface - fresh, rehydrated (water) & critical point dried & sputter coated with gold, photographer: Bombosi, P.
- dry pollen grain - dry, sputter coated with gold, photographer: Bombosi, P.
- pollen grain in cross section - fresh, glutaraldehyde & osmium & potassium ferrocyanide, uranyl acetate & lead citrate, photographer: Bombosi, P.
- interapertural area of pollen wall, intine (I), endexine (E) - fresh, glutaraldehyde & osmium & potassium ferrocyanide, modified Thiéry-test, photographer: Bombosi, P.
- interapertural area of pollen wall, intine (I), endexine (E) - fresh, glutaraldehyde & osmium & potassium ferrocyanide, modified Thiéry-test, photographer: Bombosi, P.
- aperture, intine (I) - fresh, glutaraldehyde & osmium & potassium ferrocyanide, modified Thiéry-test, photographer: Bombosi, P.
Literature
Copyright and Citation
Cite this publication as:
Bombosi P. 2005. Taraxacum officinale. In: PalDat - A palynological database. https://pc8.botanik.univie.ac.at/pub/Taraxacum_officinale/105430;jsessionid=DB6303C2A0B332B9C190D01AA3E93EAD; accessed 2025-01-26