Ornamentation (LM und EM)

Teucrium pyrenaicum (Lamiaceae)

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 Tectum

Tectum
atectate
Pollen grain which lacks a tectum.

Cucurbita pepo (Cucurbitaceae) Cucurbita pepo (Cucurbitaceae) Cucurbita pepo (Cucurbitaceae)

Rhaphidophora africana (Araceae) Rhaphidophora africana (Araceae)

eutectate
Pollen grain with a continuous tectum.

Actaea spicata (Ranunculaceae) Actaea spicata (Ranunculaceae) Papaver rhoeas (Papaveraceae)

Papaver rhoeas (Papaveraceae)

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 Tectum
semitectate
Pollen grain with a partially discontinuous tectum where the tectal perforations are
equal to or wider than the muri.

Muscari azureum (Hyacinthaceae) Muscari azureum (Hyacinthaceae) Ornithogalum kochii (Hyacinthaceae)

Ornithogalum kochii (Hyacinthaceae)

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 Endexine

Endexine
absent
Endexine missinig.

Tropaeolum majus (Tropaeolaceae)

compact
Endexine forming a compact layer.

Galium odoratum (Rubiaceae)

discontinuous
Endexine interrupted.

Glaucium flavum (Papaveraceae)

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 Endexine
lamellar
Endexine comprised of thin layers.

Aristolochia arborea (Aristolochiaceae)

spongy
Solid, continuous endexine with mesh-like lacunae.

Dracunculus vulgaris (Araceae) Nelumbo nucifera (Nelumbonaceae) Ulearum sagittatum var. sagittatum (Araceae)

Zamioculcas zamiifolia (Araceae)

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