Lumnitzera racemosa Willd.
Metadata
Description
Equatorial view: a colporus with a bow-shaped os and two pseudo-colpi
Pollen Slide N°
IFP 3154
Code
lumnrace
Type
Still image
Creator
IFP Team
Creation Date
[s.d.]
Publisher
Institut français de Pondichéry
License
Metadata
Description
Equatorial view: two foci
Pollen Slide N°
IFP 3154
Code
lumnrace
Type
Still image
Creator
IFP Team
Creation Date
[s.d.]
Publisher
Institut français de Pondichéry
License
Metadata
Description
Equatorial view: optical section
Pollen Slide N°
IFP 3154
Code
lumnrace
Type
Still image
Creator
IFP Team
Creation Date
[s.d.]
Publisher
Institut français de Pondichéry
License
Metadata
Description
Polar view: note the micro-reticulate surface and apices of colpi
Pollen Slide N°
IFP 3154
Code
lumnrace
Type
Still image
Creator
IFP Team
Creation Date
[s.d.]
Publisher
Institut français de Pondichéry
License
Metadata
Description
Polar view: in 2 foci
Pollen Slide N°
IFP 3154
Code
lumnrace
Type
Still image
Creator
IFP Team
Creation Date
[s.d.]
Publisher
Institut français de Pondichéry
License
Metadata
Description
Polar view: optical section
Pollen Slide N°
IFP 3154
Code
lumnrace
Type
Still image
Creator
IFP Team
Creation Date
[s.d.]
Publisher
Institut français de Pondichéry
License
Metadata
Description
Polar view: 6- lobed; micro-reticulum in 2 foci
Pollen Slide N°
IFP 3154
Code
lumnrace
Type
Still image
Creator
IFP Team
Creation Date
[s.d.]
Publisher
Institut français de Pondichéry
License
Metadata
Description
Polar view: optical section
Pollen Slide N°
IFP 3154
Code
lumnrace
Type
Still image
Creator
IFP Team
Creation Date
[s.d.]
Publisher
Institut français de Pondichéry
License
Family
Genus
Key
pollen_000079
Collection Object
Basis of Record
Preserved specimen
Recorded By
Collection Code
PIFP
Institution Code
IFP
Code
lumnrace
Pollen Slide N°
Pollen Slide N°: IFP 3154
Determination
Family
Genus
Specific Epithet
Scientific Name
Scientific Name Authorship
Genus Authorship
Willd.
Morphology
Symmetry and Form
Monad, radial_symmetry, isopolar, 3-colporate and 3-pseudocolpate (“heterocolpate”), elliptic ( E > P ) to spheroidal in equatorial_view, 6-lobed in polar_view
Dimensions
Polar_Axis = 33-34 µm; Equatorial_Axis = 24-32 µm
Apertures
Three colpora, alternated with three pseudocolpi, both colpus and pseudocolpus elliptic and long colpus, apex acute, distance between the adjacent colpal apices 5.0-6.0 µm, margo undifferentiated, colpal and pseudocolpal membrane psilate, costae_colpi present; Os: bow-shaped, constricted medially, lateral ends curved, lalongate, oral_costae absent(?)
Exine
Micro-reticulate, tectate, mur ± 0.5 µm, lumina <1.0 µm, infratectum columellate, exine thickness at the mid-point of the lobe (PV) ±2.0 µm
Remark
Rugulate-reticulate pollen of L. littorea has been differentiated from reticulate L. racemosa pollen (Thanikaimoni, G. 1987)
Tentative Pollen Typification
Lumnitzera racemosa type
References (Generic Palynology)
LM of Lumnitzera racemosa in Thanikaimoni, G. (1987). SEM of Lumnitzera racemosa (microperforate or microreiculoid) in Straka, H. & Friederich, B. (1984)
Location
Continent
Country
State / Province
Locality
Godavari
Ecology and Taxonomy
An evergreen tree of shrubby growth in coastal mangrove swamps. Generic and specific descriptions in Flora of Madras: p. 331 (Gamble, J.S., 1967). Illustrations in Prosperi, J., Ramesh, B.R., Grard, P., Jayatissa, L.P., Aravajy, S. & Depommier, D. 2005
Distribution of Species
Eastern and Western Coasts
Distribution of Genus
2 spp., E. Africa to Malaysia, N. Australia and Pacific in mangrove swamps (Willis, J.C., 1988). Distribution data for 1 species in Flora of Madras: p. 331 (Gamble, J.S., 1967)
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Cite as
Lumnitzera racemosa Willd.,
in Digital Collections, Institut Français de Pondichéry,
Pollen Slides,
consulted on April, 5th 2025, https://digitalcollections.ifpindia.org/s/ecological-specimens/item/461833