Glochidion pauciflorum Gamble
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Description
Equatorial view with a colporus showing reticulum in 2 foci and optically sectioned exine (Figs. 1-3)
Pollen Slide N°
IFP 2873
Code
glocpauc
Type
Still image
Creator
IFP Team
Creation Date
[s.d.]
Publisher
Institut français de Pondichéry
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Description
Equatorial view with a colporus showing reticulum in 2 foci and optically sectioned exine (Figs. 1-3)
Pollen Slide N°
IFP 2873
Code
glocpauc
Type
Still image
Creator
IFP Team
Creation Date
[s.d.]
Publisher
Institut français de Pondichéry
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Metadata
Description
Equatorial view with a colporus showing reticulum in 2 foci and optically sectioned exine (Figs. 1-3)
Pollen Slide N°
IFP 2873
Code
glocpauc
Type
Still image
Creator
IFP Team
Creation Date
[s.d.]
Publisher
Institut français de Pondichéry
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Metadata
Description
Equatorial view with an intercolpium showing surface and optically sectioned exine (Figs. 4-5)
Pollen Slide N°
IFP 2873
Code
glocpauc
Type
Still image
Creator
IFP Team
Creation Date
[s.d.]
Publisher
Institut français de Pondichéry
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Metadata
Description
Equatorial view with an intercolpium showing surface and optically sectioned exine (Figs. 4-5)
Pollen Slide N°
IFP 2873
Code
glocpauc
Type
Still image
Creator
IFP Team
Creation Date
[s.d.]
Publisher
Institut français de Pondichéry
License
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Description
Subpolar view: surface to optical section (Figs. 6-9)
Pollen Slide N°
IFP 2873
Code
glocpauc
Type
Still image
Creator
IFP Team
Creation Date
[s.d.]
Publisher
Institut français de Pondichéry
License
Metadata
Description
Subpolar view: surface to optical section (Figs. 6-9)
Pollen Slide N°
IFP 2873
Code
glocpauc
Type
Still image
Creator
IFP Team
Creation Date
[s.d.]
Publisher
Institut français de Pondichéry
License
Metadata
Description
Subpolar view: surface to optical section (Figs. 6-9)
Pollen Slide N°
IFP 2873
Code
glocpauc
Type
Still image
Creator
IFP Team
Creation Date
[s.d.]
Publisher
Institut français de Pondichéry
License
Metadata
Description
Subpolar view, surface to optical section (Figs. 6-9)
Pollen Slide N°
IFP 2873
Code
glocpauc
Type
Still image
Creator
IFP Team
Creation Date
[s.d.]
Publisher
Institut français de Pondichéry
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Genus
Key
pollen_000058
Collection Object
Basis of Record
Preserved specimen
Recorded By
Event Date
1957-03-23
Record Number
MH-257
Collection Code
PIFP
Institution Code
IFP
Code
glocpauc
Pollen Slide N°
Pollen Slide N°: IFP 2873
Determination
Family
Genus
Specific Epithet
Scientific Name
Scientific Name Authorship
Genus Authorship
J.R.&G.Forst.
Morphology
Symmetry and Form
Monad, radial_symmetry, isopolar, 4-stephanocolporate, seldom 5-stephanocolporate, spheroidal to elliptic ( E > P & E < P ) in equatorial_view, circular or 4-lobed in polar_view
Dimensions
Polar_Axis = 24-34 µm; Equatorial_Axis = 25-35 µm
Apertures
Four colpora (very rarely five); Colpus: long, narrowly elliptic, colpus apex acute, distance between the adjacent colpal apices 5-6 µm, margo undifferentiated, aperture_membrane psilate, costae_colpi absent; Os: subcircular to elliptic (3.0-4.0 x 4.0-4.5 µm) with curved lateral ends and lalongate, oral costate (±1.0 µm thick) present
Exine
Medium_reticulate, tectate, infratectum (mur) distinctly simplicolumellate, mur ±1.0 µm; lumina 1.5-2.0 µm, exine thickness at the mid-point of the intercolpium 2.5-3.0 µm
Remark
A stenopalynous genus [see Punt, W. (1962)]
Tentative Pollen Typification
Glochidion type
References (Generic Palynology)
Description of Glochidion type in Punt, W. (1962). LM (micrographs) of Glochidion pauciflorum and G. zeylanicum in Vasanthy, G. (1976)
Location
Continent
Country
State / Province
County / District
Locality
Lower Tiger Shola
Maximum Elevation in Meters
1600m
Ecology and Taxonomy
A rather common tree of montane shola forests about 1600-2100m. Generic description and specific key in Flora of Madras: pp. 912 & 913 (Gamble, J.S., 1967)
Distribution of Species
Western Ghats, Nilgiris and Palni Hills above 1520-2130m. Map: Ramesh, B.R. & Pascal, J-P. (1997): Plate N°- 136
Distribution of Genus
300 spp., Madagascar (few), Tropical Asia to Queensland and Polynesia (many), Tropical America (few) (Willis, J.C., 1988). Keys and distribution data for 13 species in Flora of Madras: pp. 912-915 (Gamble, J.S., 1967)
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Glochidion pauciflorum Gamble,
in Digital Collections, Institut Français de Pondichéry,
Pollen Slides,
consulted on April, 5th 2025, https://digitalcollections.ifpindia.org/s/ecological-specimens/item/461812