Cistus incanus

Taxonomy

Family

Cistaceae

Genus

Cistus

Species

incanus

Distribution

Mediterranean bush, North Africa, Macaronesia, temperate climate West Asia, Arabian Peninsula, Australia, North America and Hawaii. In Italy prefers scrub and garrigues (0-800 m)

Utility

Used as tea, spice, medical herb and as ornament. Biodiversity

Flowering time

IV-V

PollenPollenDefinition: The pollen grain is the Gymnosperms and Angiosperms male germ element. Its function relates to the sexual fertilization....
characteristics

Group

MonadMonadDefinition: solitary pollen grain derived from a tetrad or polyad, which normally break down into individual pollen grains....

Simmetry

Radial

PolarityPolarityDefinition: pollen characteristics to possess two endowed poles of equal or different features....

IsopolarIsopolarDefinition: pollen grain with the proximal pole like the distal one....

ExineExineDefinition: external layer of the sporoderm consisting of ectexine plus endexine....
sculpturing

ReticulateReticulateDefinition: sporoderm sculture with reticulum-shaped elements and lumina greater than 1 um. This elements constitute the tectum...
- HeterobrochateHeterobrochateDefinition: sculture with unequal brochi of reticulum....

ApertureApertureDefinition: opening to allow pollen tube germination. Zone of pollen grain surface in which the exine thins or completely lacks....

TricolporateTricolporateDefinition: ref. aperture. Pollen grain with three apertures formed by colpi and pori....

Polar viewPolar viewDefinition: view from which it is possible to observe the shape, sculpture, cytoplasm and apertures of a pollen grain in polar position....

SubtriangularSubtriangularDefinition: type of pollen shape in polar view....

Equatorial view

SubprolateSubprolateDefinition: pollen with the P/E ratio between 1.14 to 1.33 and slightly elongated at the poles....
- SubcircularSubcircularDefinition: kind of pollen shape in polar view....

Cistus incanus

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