Heritiera papilio Bedd.
Metadata
Description
Slightly oblique equatorial view with a colporus, in successive foci (Figs. 1-3)
Pollen Slide N°
IFP 21844
Code
heripapi
Type
Still image
Creator
IFP Team
Creation Date
[s.d.]
Publisher
Institut français de Pondichéry
License
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Description
Slightly oblique equatorial view with a colporus, in successive foci (Figs. 1-3)
Pollen Slide N°
IFP 21844
Code
heripapi
Type
Still image
Creator
IFP Team
Creation Date
[s.d.]
Publisher
Institut français de Pondichéry
License
Metadata
Description
Slightly oblique equatorial view with a colporus, in successive foci (Figs. 1-3)
Pollen Slide N°
IFP 21844
Code
heripapi
Type
Still image
Creator
IFP Team
Creation Date
[s.d.]
Publisher
Institut français de Pondichéry
License
Metadata
Description
Slightly oblique equatorial view with intercolpium between two colpora; surface (micro-reticulate) to optical section (Figs. 4-6)
Pollen Slide N°
IFP 21844
Code
heripapi
Type
Still image
Creator
IFP Team
Creation Date
[s.d.]
Publisher
Institut français de Pondichéry
License
Metadata
Description
Slightly oblique equatorial view with intercolpium between two colpora; surface (micro-reticulate) to optical section (Figs. 4-6)
Pollen Slide N°
IFP 21844
Code
heripapi
Type
Still image
Creator
IFP Team
Creation Date
[s.d.]
Publisher
Institut français de Pondichéry
License
Metadata
Description
Slightly oblique equatorial view with intercolpium between two colpora; surface (micro-reticulate) to optical section (Figs. 4-6)
Pollen Slide N°
IFP 21844
Code
heripapi
Type
Still image
Creator
IFP Team
Creation Date
[s.d.]
Publisher
Institut français de Pondichéry
License
Metadata
Description
Polar view: in low focus and partly in optical section (Figs. 7-8)
Pollen Slide N°
IFP 21844
Code
heripapi
Type
Still image
Creator
IFP Team
Creation Date
[s.d.]
Publisher
Institut français de Pondichéry
License
Metadata
Description
Polar view: in low focus and partly in optical section (Figs. 7-8)
Pollen Slide N°
IFP 21844
Code
heripapi
Type
Still image
Creator
IFP Team
Creation Date
[s.d.]
Publisher
Institut français de Pondichéry
License
Family
Genus
Key
pollen_000064
Collection Object
Basis of Record
Preserved specimen
Recorded By
Collection Code
PIFP
Institution Code
IFP
Code
heripapi
Pollen Slide N°
Pollen Slide N°: IFP 21844
Determination
Family
Genus
Specific Epithet
Scientific Name
Scientific Name Authorship
Genus Authorship
Dryand(inAit.)
Morphology
Symmetry and Form
Monad, radial_symmetry, isopolar, 3-colporate, circular or spheroidal or elliptic (2-colporate), in equatorial_view, (sub)circular in polar_view
Dimensions
Polar_Axis = 21-27 µm; Equatorial_Axis = 23-35 µm
Apertures
Three colpora; Colpus: narrow and long, colpus apex acute, distance between the adjacent colpal apices 11-14 µm, margo undifferentiated, aperture_membrane psilate, thin costae_colpi; Os: elliptic, with obtuse lateral ends, lalongate, oral_costae thin or absent
Exine
Micro-reticulate, tectate, infratectum columellate, mur ±0.5 µm; lumina <1.0 µm, exine thickness : at the mid-point of the intercolpium ±1.5 µm
Remark
A stenopalynous genus [see Thanikaimoni, G. (1987)]
Tentative Pollen Typification
Heritiera type
References (Generic Palynology)
LM of Heritiera papillo in Tissot, C., Chikhi, H. & Nayar, T.S. (1994) and of H. fomes and H. littoralis in Thanilkaimoni, G. (1987)
Location
Continent
Country
State / Province
County / District
Locality
Anamalai
Ecology and Taxonomy
A lofty tree up to 1400m. Occasional in evergreen and semi-evergreen forests. Leaf illustration: Pascal, J-P. & Ramesh, B.R. (1987), fig. 377. Generic description and specific key in Flora of Madras: p. 74 (Gamble, J.S., 1967)
Distribution of Species
Western Peninsular India. Western Ghats: Tirunelveli hills and Travancore extending northwards to Coorg. Endemic to Western Ghats. Map: Ramesh, B.R. & Pascal, J-P. (1997): Plate N°- 338
Distribution of Genus
35 spp., W. Trop. Africa, Indomal., Tropical Australia, Pacific (Willis, J.C., 1988). Keys and distribution data for 2 species in Flora of Madras: p. 74 (Gamble, J.S., 1967)
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Heritiera papilio Bedd.,
in Digital Collections, Institut Français de Pondichéry,
Pollen Slides,
consulted on April, 4th 2025, https://digitalcollections.ifpindia.org/s/ecological-specimens/item/461818