Tropaeolum majus
Taxonomy: Angiospermae, Brassicales, Tropaeolaceae, Tropaeolum
Links: http://flora.nhm-wien.ac.at/Seiten-Arten/Tropaeolum-majus.htm
Published: 2021-08-02
Pollen Description
Shape, Size and Aperture
pollen unit: monad, dispersal unit and peculiarities: monad, size (pollen unit): small (10-25 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): -, shortest diameter in equatorial or polar view (LM): 31-35 µm, longest diameter in equatorial or polar view (LM): 31-35 µm, pollen class: colporate, polarity: isopolar, P/E-ratio: oblate, shape: -, outline in polar view: triangular, dominant orientation (LM): oblique, P/E-ratio (dry pollen): prolate, shape (dry pollen): -, outline in polar view (dry pollen): triangular, infoldings (dry pollen): interapertural area sunken, aperture number: 3, aperture type: colporus, aperture condition: colporate, tricolporate, aperture peculiarities: aperture membrane ornamented
Ornamentation and Structure
LM ornamentation LM: reticulate, nexine: -, sexine: -, SEM ornamentation SEM: reticulate, perforate, suprasculpture SEM: -, TEM tectum: eutectate, infratectum: columellate, foot layer: continuous, endexine: absent, intine: monolayered, wall peculiarities: -, supratectal element: -
Miscellaneous
pollen coatings: pollenkitt, primexine matrix, reserves in cytoplasm: lipids, cell number: 2-celled, Ubisch bodies: present
Annotations: supratectate reticulum
Author(s) of diagnosis: Halbritter, Heidemarie; Weber, Martina; Auer, Waltraud
Pictures
1. flower(s)
2. hydrated pollen
3. hydrated pollen
4. hydrated pollen
5. polar view
6. equatorial view
7. aperture
8. exine surface
9. polar area
10. dry pollen grains
11. pollen wall with pollenkitt and primexine matrix
Picture legend
- flower(s), photographer: Halbritter, H.
- hydrated pollen - fresh, glycerine, unstained, photographer: Auer, W.
- hydrated pollen - fresh, glycerine, ruthenium red, photographer: Auer, W.
- hydrated pollen - fresh, glycerine, ruthenium red, photographer: Auer, W.
- 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.
- 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 wall with pollenkitt and primexine matrix - fresh, glutaraldehyde & osmium & potassium ferrocyanide, modified Thiéry-test, photographer: Weber, M.
Literature
- (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., Weber M., Auer W. 2021. Tropaeolum majus. In: PalDat - A palynological database. https://pc8.botanik.univie.ac.at/pub/Tropaeolum_majus/306433;jsessionid=E7CE74D7C730C4E5F07BCC84DE101AA6; accessed 2025-01-25