Vanilla pompona
Taxonomy: Spermatophyta, Orchidales, Orchidaceae, Vanilla
Published: 2010-07-14
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): -, 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: -, aperture type: -, aperture condition: porate, aperture peculiarities: -
Ornamentation and Structure
LM ornamentation LM: -, nexine: -, sexine: -, SEM ornamentation SEM: perforate, suprasculpture SEM: -, TEM tectum: eutectate, infratectum: -, foot layer: -, endexine: -, intine: -, wall peculiarities: -, supratectal element: -
Miscellaneous
pollen coatings: absent, reserves in cytoplasm: -, cell number: -, Ubisch bodies: absent
Annotations: shape of hydrated pollen spheroidal to ovoid, pollen grains of different sizes; pores of different size and number, irregularly arranged
Author(s) of diagnosis: Svojtka, M.; Halbritter, H.
Pictures
1. flower(s)
2. flower(s)
3. hydrated pollen grains
4. hydrated pollen grains
5. hydrated pollen grain
6. hydrated pollen grain
7. aperture
8. exine surface
9. germinating pollen grain
10. dry pollen grains
Picture legend
- flower(s), photographer: Svojtka, M.
- flower(s), photographer: Svojtka, M.
- hydrated pollen grains - fresh, rehydrated (water) & critical point dried & sputter coated with gold, photographer: Halbritter, H.
- hydrated pollen grains - fresh, rehydrated (water) & critical point dried & sputter coated with gold, photographer: Halbritter, H.
- hydrated pollen grain - fresh, rehydrated (water) & critical point dried & sputter coated with gold, photographer: Halbritter, H.
- hydrated pollen grain - 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.
- germinating pollen grain - fresh, rehydrated (water) & critical point dried & sputter coated with gold, photographer: Halbritter, H.
- dry pollen grains - dry, sputter coated with gold, photographer: Halbritter, H.
Literature
Copyright and Citation
Cite this publication as:
Svojtka M., Halbritter H. 2010. Vanilla pompona. In: PalDat - A palynological database. https://pc8.botanik.univie.ac.at/pub/Vanilla_pompona/102151;jsessionid=E16179240B05C8013CC7C797EEF4DD04; accessed 2025-01-26