Cuscuta australis CONVOLVULACEAE

Sample information

Sample ID254-3-1
Speciesaustralis
GenusCuscuta
FamilyCONVOLVULACEAE
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Morphology

Pollen / Sporepollen
Morphologic typetricolpate
Surface patternreticulate
Equatorial sizemin 24, mean 30, max 30
Polar sizemin 18, mean 26, max 31
Equatorial shapeprolate
Polar shapetriangular (convex)
Grain arrangementdicot
Wall thickness2.4
Dispersal formmonad
Morphology notesTricolpate. Prolate spheroidal in ev, rounded triangular in pv. 30 (24-34) x 26 (18-31). Sexine = nexine, punctitegillate. Negative reticulum, LO.

Ecology and Geography

Plant typeangiosperm
Floristic region(s)Australia (tropical)
Habitat notesParasitic on Indigofera

Collection

CollectorR. L. Specht 390
ANU access code1265
Collection siteNorthern Territory, Hemple Bay, Groote Eylandt, Gulf of Carpentaria
Collection countryAustralia
Collection notesscanned card
Equatorial view