Meliosma pinnata (Roxb.) Walp.
Metadata
Description
Equatorial view: note the granular colpus membrane and reticulum in mid- focus
Pollen Slide N°
IFP 360
Code
melipinn
Type
Still image
Creator
IFP Team
Creation Date
[s.d.]
Publisher
Institut français de Pondichéry
License
Metadata
Description
Focus 3 of Fig. 1
Pollen Slide N°
IFP 360
Code
melipinn
Type
Still image
Creator
IFP Team
Creation Date
[s.d.]
Publisher
Institut français de Pondichéry
License
Metadata
Description
Optical section (partly) of Fig. 1
Pollen Slide N°
IFP 360
Code
melipinn
Type
Still image
Creator
IFP Team
Creation Date
[s.d.]
Publisher
Institut français de Pondichéry
License
Metadata
Description
Equatorial view with a colporus
Pollen Slide N°
IFP 360
Code
melipinn
Type
Still image
Creator
IFP Team
Creation Date
[s.d.]
Publisher
Institut français de Pondichéry
License
Metadata
Description
Optical section of Fig. 4
Pollen Slide N°
IFP 360
Code
melipinn
Type
Still image
Creator
IFP Team
Creation Date
[s.d.]
Publisher
Institut français de Pondichéry
License
Metadata
Description
Equatorial view with an intercolpium
Pollen Slide N°
IFP 360
Code
melipinn
Type
Still image
Creator
IFP Team
Creation Date
[s.d.]
Publisher
Institut français de Pondichéry
License
Metadata
Description
Polar view
Pollen Slide N°
IFP 360
Code
melipinn
Type
Still image
Creator
IFP Team
Creation Date
[s.d.]
Publisher
Institut français de Pondichéry
License
Metadata
Description
Optical section of Fig. 7
Pollen Slide N°
IFP 360
Code
melipinn
Type
Still image
Creator
IFP Team
Creation Date
[s.d.]
Publisher
Institut français de Pondichéry
License
Family
Genus
Synonyms
Meliosma microcarpa (Wt. & A.) Craib.
Key
pollen_000085
Collection Object
Basis of Record
Preserved specimen
Recorded By
Collection Code
PIFP
Institution Code
IFP
Code
melipinn
Pollen Slide N°
Pollen Slide N°: IFP 360
Determination
Family
Genus
Specific Epithet
Infraspecific Epithet
arnottiana
Scientific Name
Scientific Name Authorship
Genus Authorship
Blume
Infraspecific Epithet Authorship
(Walp.) Beris
Morphology
Symmetry and Form
Monad, radial_symmetry, isopolar, 3-colporate, elliptic in equatorial_view, 3-lobed in polar_view
Dimensions
Polar_Axis = 26-30 µm; Equatorial_Axis = 17-22 µm
Apertures
Three colpora; Colpus: elliptic, colpus apex acute, distance between the adjacent colpal apices 8-9 µm, margo undifferentiated aperture_membrane scabrate, costae_colpi present; Os: lalongate, often constricted at the equator, costae lacking around the blunt lateral ends
Exine
Tectate, reticulate, mur ±0.5 µm, lumina ±1.0 µm, infratectum (dupli)columellate, exine thickness at the mid-point of the intercolpium ±2.5 µm
Remark
A stenopalynous genus
Tentative Pollen Typification
Meliosma type
References (Generic Palynology)
LM micrographs in Guinet, Ph. (1962)
Location
Continent
Country
State / Province
Ecology and Taxonomy
A large tree, common and conspicuous in the evergreen forests above 1500m. Leaf illustration: Pascal, J-P. & Ramesh, B.R. (1987), fig. 356. Generic description and specific (M. arnottiana Walp.) key in Flora of Madras: p. 182 (Gamble, J.S., 1967)
Distribution of Species
Western Ghats: South Kanara to Tinnevelly, Sri Lanka
Distribution of Genus
100 spp., Warm Asia, America (Willis, J.C., 1988). Keys and distribution data for 4 species in Flora of Madras: pp. 182 & 183 (Gamble, J.S., 1967)
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Meliosma pinnata (Roxb.) Walp.,
in Digital Collections, Institut Français de Pondichéry,
Pollen Slides,
consulted on April, 3rd 2025, https://digitalcollections.ifpindia.org/s/ecological-specimens/item/461839