Ilex wightiana Wall.
Metadata
Description
Equatorial view with a colpor(oid)us showing the heads of clavae in second focus and optically sectioned grain (Figs. 1-3)
Pollen Slide N°
IFP 3224
Code
ilexwigh
Type
Still image
Creator
IFP Team
Creation Date
[s.d.]
Publisher
Institut français de Pondichéry
License
Metadata
Description
Equatorial view with a colpor(oid)us showing the heads of clavae in second focus and optically sectioned grain (Figs. 1-3)
Pollen Slide N°
IFP 3224
Code
ilexwigh
Type
Still image
Creator
IFP Team
Creation Date
[s.d.]
Publisher
Institut français de Pondichéry
License
Metadata
Description
Equatorial view with a colpor(oid)us showing the heads of clavae in second focus and optically sectioned grain (Figs. 1-3)
Pollen Slide N°
IFP 3224
Code
ilexwigh
Type
Still image
Creator
IFP Team
Creation Date
[s.d.]
Publisher
Institut français de Pondichéry
License
Metadata
Description
Equatorial view with a colpor(oid)us and part of the intercolpium, from upper focus down to optical section (Figs. 4-6)
Pollen Slide N°
IFP 3224
Code
ilexwigh
Type
Still image
Creator
IFP Team
Creation Date
[s.d.]
Publisher
Institut français de Pondichéry
License
Metadata
Description
Equatorial view with a colpor(oid)us and part of the intercolpium, from upper focus down to optical section (Figs. 4-6)
Pollen Slide N°
IFP 3224
Code
ilexwigh
Type
Still image
Creator
IFP Team
Creation Date
[s.d.]
Publisher
Institut français de Pondichéry
License
Metadata
Description
Equatorial view with a colpor(oid)us and part of the intercolpium, from upper focus down to optical section (Figs. 4-6)
Pollen Slide N°
IFP 3224
Code
ilexwigh
Type
Still image
Creator
IFP Team
Creation Date
[s.d.]
Publisher
Institut français de Pondichéry
License
Metadata
Description
Two grains in equatorial view: optical section
Pollen Slide N°
IFP 3224
Code
ilexwigh
Type
Still image
Creator
IFP Team
Creation Date
[s.d.]
Publisher
Institut français de Pondichéry
License
Metadata
Description
Subpolar view showing clavae, wide colpi with acute apices, margin lined by relatively smaller clavae and optical section (Figs. 8-10)
Pollen Slide N°
IFP 3224
Code
ilexwigh
Type
Still image
Creator
IFP Team
Creation Date
[s.d.]
Publisher
Institut français de Pondichéry
License
Metadata
Description
Subpolar view showing clavae, wide colpi with acute apices, margin lined by relatively smaller clavae and optical section (Figs. 8-10)
Pollen Slide N°
IFP 3224
Code
ilexwigh
Type
Still image
Creator
IFP Team
Creation Date
[s.d.]
Publisher
Institut français de Pondichéry
License
Metadata
Description
Subpolar view showing clavae, wide colpi with acute apices, margin lined by relatively smaller clavae and optical section (Figs. 8-10)
Pollen Slide N°
IFP 3224
Code
ilexwigh
Type
Still image
Creator
IFP Team
Creation Date
[s.d.]
Publisher
Institut français de Pondichéry
License
Family
Genus
Key
pollen_000070
Collection Object
Basis of Record
Preserved specimen
Recorded By
Collection Code
PIFP
Institution Code
IFP
Code
ilexwigh
Pollen Slide N°
Pollen Slide N°: IFP 3224
Determination
Family
Genus
Specific Epithet
Scientific Name
Scientific Name Authorship
Genus Authorship
L.
Morphology
Symmetry and Form
Monad, radial_symmetry, isopolar, 3-colporoidate, elliptic in equatorial_view, 3-loboid in polar_view
Dimensions
Polar_Axis = 30-32 µm; Equatorial_Axis = 21-28 µm
Apertures
3-colporoidate; Colpus: elliptic and long, colpus apex acute, distance between the adjacent colpal apices 8.0-10.0 µm, margo diffuse with piloid rodltes or clavae, aperture_membrane psilate, thin costae_colpi present; Os: ill-defined
Exine
Clavate, intectate, exine thickness (excl. sculpture) at the mid-point of the intercolpium <1.0 µm; Clavae <1. 0 x 2.5-3.0 µm. TEM of I. aquifolium (Lobreau-Callen, D. 1977: Pl. 35, fig 7) shows the clavae attached to the thin foot_layer due to the lack of tectal-columellar structure
Remark
A stenopalynous genus [see Lobreau-Callen, D., 1977)]
Tentative Pollen Typification
Ilex type
References (Generic Palynology)
LM & SEM of Ilex spp. in Rasoardmalala, L., Albers, F. & Straka, H. 1982 [oral opening observable in Ilex decidua (Pl. CIII: fig. 2)] and also in Lieux (1983). LM of several species of Ilex and SEM of I. godajam and SEM & TEM of I. aquifolium in Lobreau-Callen, D. (1977)
Location
Continent
Country
State / Province
Locality
Kodaikanal
Ecology and Taxonomy
A large handsome tree of the evergreen forest ("sholas") of south Indian mountains. Generic description and specific key in Flora of Madras: p. 143 (Gamble, J.S., 1967)
Distribution of Species
Western Ghats: in Nilgiri Hills >1800m; southwards of the Hills of Travancore
Distribution of Genus
400 spp., Cosmopolitan (exc. North America) (Willis, J.C., 1988). Keys and distribution data for 5 species in Flora of Madras: pp. 143 & 144 (Gamble, J.S., 1967)
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Cite as
Ilex wightiana Wall.,
in Digital Collections, Institut Français de Pondichéry,
Pollen Slides,
consulted on April, 5th 2025, https://digitalcollections.ifpindia.org/s/ecological-specimens/item/461824