Antiaris toxicaria Lesch.
Metadata
Description
2-porate grain in subequatorial view with one pore
Pollen Slide N°
IFP 2177
Code
antitoxi
Type
Still image
Creator
IFP Team
Creation Date
[s.d.]
Publisher
Institut français de Pondichéry
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Metadata
Description
SEM of 3-porate grain in equatorial view showing 2 pores and granular (scabrate) surface
Pollen Slide N°
IFP 2177
Code
antitoxi
Type
Still image
Creator
IFP Team
Creation Date
[s.d.]
Publisher
Institut français de Pondichéry
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Metadata
Description
2-porate grain in equatorial view
Pollen Slide N°
IFP 2177
Code
antitoxi
Type
Still image
Creator
IFP Team
Creation Date
[s.d.]
Publisher
Institut français de Pondichéry
License
Metadata
Description
SEM of 2-porate grain showing granular (scabrate) interporal surface in equatorial view
Pollen Slide N°
IFP 2177
Code
antitoxi
Type
Still image
Creator
IFP Team
Creation Date
[s.d.]
Publisher
Institut français de Pondichéry
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Metadata
Description
2-porate grain showing partly one pore, interporal surface and optical section (Figs. 5-6)
Pollen Slide N°
IFP 2177
Code
antitoxi
Type
Still image
Creator
IFP Team
Creation Date
[s.d.]
Publisher
Institut français de Pondichéry
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Metadata
Description
2-porate grain showing partly one pore, interporal surface and optical section (Figs. 5-6)
Pollen Slide N°
IFP 2177
Code
antitoxi
Type
Still image
Creator
IFP Team
Creation Date
[s.d.]
Publisher
Institut français de Pondichéry
License
Metadata
Description
3-porate grain in polar view: showing scabrate surface and optical section (Figs. 7-8)
Pollen Slide N°
IFP 2177
Code
antitoxi
Type
Still image
Creator
IFP Team
Creation Date
[s.d.]
Publisher
Institut français de Pondichéry
License
Metadata
Description
3-porate grain in polar view: showing scabrate surface and optical section (Figs. 7-8)
Pollen Slide N°
IFP 2177
Code
antitoxi
Type
Still image
Creator
IFP Team
Creation Date
[s.d.]
Publisher
Institut français de Pondichéry
License
Key
pollen_000008
Collection Object
Basis of Record
Preserved specimen
Recorded By
Record Number
Venkataramana Ayyar-153
Collection Code
PIFP
Institution Code
IFP
Code
antitoxi
Pollen Slide N°
Pollen Slide N°: IFP 2177
Determination
Family
Genus
Specific Epithet
Scientific Name
Scientific Name Authorship
Genus Authorship
Lesch.
Morphology
Symmetry and Form
Monad, radial_symmetry, isopolar, 2 (3)-porate; spherical_to_spheroidal or ellipsoidal ( E > P ) in equatorial_view, ellipsoidal (2 ap.) to subtriangular (3-ap.) (angulaperturate) in polar_view
Dimensions
Polar_Axis = 15-17 µm; Equatorial_Axis = 17-22 µm
Apertures
Two pori (pores), sometimes three pori (pores); Porus: circular (diameter: 2.0-3.0 µm), aperture_membrane psilate, distance between adjacent poral apices ±11-12 µm, poral_costae absent(?)
Exine
Scabrate (granular), tectate, infratectum columellate, exine thickness at the mid-point of interporium ±1.0 µm
Remark
A stenopalynous genus
Tentative Pollen Typification
Antiaris toxicaria type
References (Generic Palynology)
LM & SEM of A. toxicaria in Tissot, C., Chikhi, H. & Nayar, T.S., (1994)
Location
Continent
Country
State / Province
County / District
Locality
Kuttalam
Ecology and Taxonomy
The largest tree of south India attaining 85m, in evergreen forests of the West coast up to 1000m. Leaf illustration: Pascal, J-P. & Ramesh, B.R. (1987), fig. 267. Generic and specific descriptions in Flora of Madras: pp. 956 & 957 (Gamble, J.S., 1967)
Distribution of Species
Indo-Malaysia; Western Ghats: in all districts
Distribution of Genus
4 spp., Tropical Africa, Madagascar, Indomal. (Willis, J.C., 1988). Distribution data for 1 species in Flora of Madras: pp. 956 & 957 (Gamble, J.S., 1967)
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Antiaris toxicaria Lesch.,
in Digital Collections, Institut Français de Pondichéry,
Pollen Slides,
consulted on April, 2nd 2025, https://digitalcollections.ifpindia.org/s/ecological-specimens/item/461762