Gluta travancorica Bedd.
Metadata
Description
SEM - equatorial view with an infolded colporus showing striato-reticulate surface
Pollen Slide N°
IFP 1007
Code
gluttrav
Type
Still image
Creator
IFP Team
Creation Date
[s.d.]
Publisher
Institut français de Pondichéry
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Metadata
Description
SEM - Close-up showing apparently striato-reticulate pattern
Pollen Slide N°
IFP 1007
Code
gluttrav
Type
Still image
Creator
IFP Team
Creation Date
[s.d.]
Publisher
Institut français de Pondichéry
License
Metadata
Description
Equatorial view with an intercolpium showing exine surface at high focus
Pollen Slide N°
IFP 1007
Code
gluttrav
Type
Still image
Creator
IFP Team
Creation Date
[s.d.]
Publisher
Institut français de Pondichéry
License
Metadata
Description
Equatorial view with an intercolpium: in optical section
Pollen Slide N°
IFP 1007
Code
gluttrav
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 apertural and exine features (Figs. 5-6)
Pollen Slide N°
IFP 1007
Code
gluttrav
Type
Still image
Creator
IFP Team
Creation Date
[s.d.]
Publisher
Institut français de Pondichéry
License
Metadata
Description
Equatorial view with a colporus showing apertural and exine features (Figs. 5-6)
Pollen Slide N°
IFP 1007
Code
gluttrav
Type
Still image
Creator
IFP Team
Creation Date
[s.d.]
Publisher
Institut français de Pondichéry
License
Metadata
Description
Equatorial view with an intercolpium: exine surface and optical section (Figs. 7-8)
Pollen Slide N°
IFP 1007
Code
gluttrav
Type
Still image
Creator
IFP Team
Creation Date
[s.d.]
Publisher
Institut français de Pondichéry
License
Metadata
Description
Equatorial view with an intercolpium: exine surface and optical section (Figs. 7-8)
Pollen Slide N°
IFP 1007
Code
gluttrav
Type
Still image
Creator
IFP Team
Creation Date
[s.d.]
Publisher
Institut français de Pondichéry
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Family
Genus
Key
pollen_000059
Collection Object
Basis of Record
Preserved specimen
Recorded By
Record Number
Barber-2873
Collection Code
PIFP
Institution Code
IFP
Code
gluttrav
Pollen Slide N°
Pollen Slide N°: IFP 1007
Determination
Family
Genus
Specific Epithet
Scientific Name
Scientific Name Authorship
Genus Authorship
L.
Morphology
Symmetry and Form
Monad, radial_symmetry, isopolar, 3-colporate; elliptic in equatorial_view; 3-lobed in polar_view
Dimensions
Polar_Axis = 26-36 µm; Equatorial_Axis = 19-25 µm
Apertures
Three colpora, colpus elliptic, long, and intruding, colpus apex, acute, aperture_membrane psilate, distance between the adjacent colpal apices 7-8 µm, margo undifferentiated, costae_colpi present; Os: elliptic with curved lateral ends, lalongate, oral_costae absent
Exine
Feebly or weakly and finely -striato-reticulate (parallel meridional alignment) tectate, mur ±0.5 µm, lumina <1.0 µm, infratectum columellate, exine thickness at the mid-point of the intercolpium ±2.0 µm
Remark
Nine pollen types have been recognized for Gluta Linn. and Melanorrhoea Wallich. (Anacardiaceae) and G. travancorica is classified under "curtisii" pollen type in Baksi, S.K. (1976)
Tentative Pollen Typification
Gluta travancorica type
References (Generic Palynology)
LM & SEM of G. travancorica in Tissot, C., Chikhi, H. & Nayar, T.S. (1994). SEM of G. tourtour (reticulate intercolpium and paracolpal exine rugulate to reticulate) in Rasoardmalala, L., Albers, F. & Straka, H. (1982). LM & SEM of G. elegans, G. laxifolia, G. tavagana and G. wayi and SEM of G. ranglus in Baksi, S.K. (1976)
Location
Continent
Country
State / Province
County / District
Locality
Mundanthorai
Ecology and Taxonomy
Canopy tree, up to 1100m. Common. Leaf illustration: Pascal, J-P. & Ramesh, B.R. (1987), fig. 2. Generic and specific descriptions in Flora of Madras: p. 186 (Gamble, J.S., 1967)
Distribution of Species
Western peninsular India, Western Ghats: Tirunelveli hills and Travancore, restricted to south of Kottayam. Endemic to Western Ghats. Map: Ramesh, B.R. & Pascal, J-P. (1997): Plate N°- 3
Distribution of Genus
1 sp., Madagascar; 12 spp., Indomal. (Willis, J.C., 1988). Distribution data for 1 species in Flora of Madras: p. 186 (Gamble, J.S., 1967)
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Gluta travancorica Bedd.,
in Digital Collections, Institut Français de Pondichéry,
Pollen Slides,
consulted on April, 5th 2025, https://digitalcollections.ifpindia.org/s/ecological-specimens/item/461813