Bambusa arundinacea (Retz.) Roxb.
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Description
A slightly shrivelled monoporate grain: a thin annulus faintly seen; exine at different foci (Figs. 1-2)
Pollen Slide N°
IFP 15200
Code
bambarun
Type
Still image
Creator
IFP Team
Creation Date
[s.d.]
Publisher
Institut français de Pondichéry
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Metadata
Description
A slightly shrivelled monoporate grain: a thin annulus faintly seen; exine at different foci (Figs. 1-2)
Pollen Slide N°
IFP 15200
Code
bambarun
Type
Still image
Creator
IFP Team
Creation Date
[s.d.]
Publisher
Institut français de Pondichéry
License
Metadata
Description
A folded grain showing faintly granular surface, operculate pore, and poral costae
Pollen Slide N°
IFP 15200
Code
bambarun
Type
Still image
Creator
IFP Team
Creation Date
[s.d.]
Publisher
Institut français de Pondichéry
License
Metadata
Description
A folded grain showing operculate pore and poral costa
Pollen Slide N°
IFP 15200
Code
bambarun
Type
Still image
Creator
IFP Team
Creation Date
[s.d.]
Publisher
Institut français de Pondichéry
License
Key
pollen_000013
Collection Object
Basis of Record
Preserved specimen
Recorded By
Record Number
T.P. Ramamoorthy & K.N. Gandhi
Collection Code
PIFP
Institution Code
IFP
Code
bambarun
Pollen Slide N°
Pollen Slide N°: 15200
Determination
Family
Genus
Specific Epithet
Scientific Name
Scientific Name Authorship
Genus Authorship
Schreb.
Morphology
Symmetry and Form
Monad, spherical symmetry, heteropolar, monoporate_ulcerate; spherical_to_spheroidal in equatorial and polar_views
Dimensions
Diameter = 40-48 µm
Apertures
1-ulcerate (porate); Ulcus: circular, (diameter 5-6 µm), annulus thin; operculate, operculum often detached in acetolysed grains. costae_pori distinct ± 4-5 µm wide
Exine
Faintly granular, tectate, columellae very short(?), exine thickness ±1.0-1.5µm
Remark
A stenopalynous genus. This type of pollen characterises the family Graminae / Poaceae
Tentative Pollen Typification
Gramineae/Poaceae type
References (Generic Palynology)
SEM (micrographs) of Bambusa oldhamii in Chen, S-H. (1988: fig. 14F-G)
Location
Continent
Country
State / Province
County / District
Locality
Chamarayapatnam
Ecology and Taxonomy
The thorny bamboo up to 1200m. Also cultivated. Generic description and specific key in Flora of Madras: p.1286 (Gamble, J.S., 1967)
Distribution of Species
In all districts: 30-1200m
Distribution of Genus
70 spp., Trop. & subtrop., Asia, Africa and America (Willis, J.C., 1988). Keys and distribution data for 2 species in Flora of Madras: pp. 1286 & 1287 (Gamble, J.S., 1967)
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Bambusa arundinacea (Retz.) Roxb.,
in Digital Collections, Institut Français de Pondichéry,
Pollen Slides,
consulted on April, 2nd 2025, https://digitalcollections.ifpindia.org/s/ecological-specimens/item/461767