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Ormosia travancorica Bedd.

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Description

SEM - equatorial view with a colporus; note the microreticulate (or microperforate) surface, fusiform colpus and lalongate os

Pollen Slide N°

IFP 13565

Code

ormotrav

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

Pollen Slide N°

IFP 13565

Code

ormotrav

Type

Still image

Creator

IFP Team

Creation Date

[s.d.]

Publisher

Institut français de Pondichéry

License

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Metadata

Description

Optical section of Fig. 2 revealing thicker exine at polar regions

Pollen Slide N°

IFP 13565

Code

ormotrav

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

Pollen Slide N°

IFP 13565

Code

ormotrav

Type

Still image

Creator

IFP Team

Creation Date

[s.d.]

Publisher

Institut français de Pondichéry

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cc-byCC BY

Metadata

Description

Focus 2 of Fig. 5

Pollen Slide N°

IFP 13565

Code

ormotrav

Type

Still image

Creator

IFP Team

Creation Date

[s.d.]

Publisher

Institut français de Pondichéry

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Metadata

Description

Optical section of Fig. 6

Pollen Slide N°

IFP 13565

Code

ormotrav

Type

Still image

Creator

IFP Team

Creation Date

[s.d.]

Publisher

Institut français de Pondichéry

License

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Metadata

Description

SEM - equatorial view with an intercolpium between two colporate apertures

Pollen Slide N°

IFP 13565

Code

ormotrav

Type

Still image

Creator

IFP Team

Creation Date

[s.d.]

Publisher

Institut français de Pondichéry

License

cc-byCC BY

Metadata

Description

Equatorial view with an intercolpium: in optical section

Pollen Slide N°

IFP 13565

Code

ormotrav

Type

Still image

Creator

IFP Team

Creation Date

[s.d.]

Publisher

Institut français de Pondichéry

License

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Metadata

Description

Subpolar view: in focus 2 showing broad colpus with acute apices

Pollen Slide N°

IFP 13565

Code

ormotrav

Type

Still image

Creator

IFP Team

Creation Date

[s.d.]

Publisher

Institut français de Pondichéry

License

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Metadata

Description

Optical section of Fig. 10

Pollen Slide N°

IFP 13565

Code

ormotrav

Type

Still image

Creator

IFP Team

Creation Date

[s.d.]

Publisher

Institut français de Pondichéry

License

cc-byCC BY

Metadata

Description

Polar view: in optical section

Pollen Slide N°

IFP 13565

Code

ormotrav

Type

Still image

Creator

IFP Team

Creation Date

[s.d.]

Publisher

Institut français de Pondichéry

License

cc-byCC BY

Family

FABACEAE

Genus

Ormosia

Key

pollen_000096

Collection Object

Basis of Record

Preserved specimen

Recorded By

C.J. Saldanha

Record Number

C.J. Saldanha-16248

Collection Code

PIFP

Institution Code

IFP

Source Herbarium

JCB

Code

ormotrav

Pollen Slide N°

Pollen Slide N°: IFP 13565

Determination

Family

FABACEAE

Genus

Ormosia

Specific Epithet

travancorica

Scientific Name

Ormosia travancorica Bedd.

Scientific Name Authorship

Bedd.

Genus Authorship

G.Jacks.

Morphology

Symmetry and Form

Monad, radial_symmetry, isopolar, 3-colporate, elliptic in equatorial_view, (sub)circular in polar_view

Dimensions

Polar_Axis = 26-41 µm; Equatorial_Axis = 21-34 µm

Apertures

Three colpora; Colpus: short, elliptic equatorially constricted, colpus apex acute, distance between the adjacent colpal apices 9.0-12.0 µm, margo diffuse (psilate), aperture_membrane psilate, costae_colpi present; Os: ±ellipsoidal, lateral ends curved, lolongate, oral_costae absent(?)

Exine

Micro-reticulate, tectate, infratectum columellate, mur <0.5 µm; lumina <1.0 µm, exine thickness: at poles ±2.0 µm, at the mid-point of the intercolpium <2.0 µm

Remark

A stenopalynous genus

Tentative Pollen Typification

Ormosia travancorica type

References (Generic Palynology)

LM & SEM of Ormosia travancorica in Tissot, C., Chikhi, H. & Nayar, T.S. (1994)

Location

Continent

Asia

Country

India

State / Province

Karnataka

County / District

Hassan

Locality

Bisle Ghat

Ecology and Taxonomy

A lofty tree up to 1200m. Scattered and not common. Leaf illustration: Pascal, J-P. & Ramesh, B.R. (1987), fig. 176. Generic and specific descriptions in Flora of Madras: pp. 275 & 276 (Gamble, J.S., 1967)

Distribution of Species

Western Peninsular India; Western Ghats: from South Kanara to the Anaimalai and the hills of Travancore and Tirunelveli. Endemic to Western Ghats. Map: Ramesh, B.R. & Pascal, J-P. (1997): Plate N°- 156

Distribution of Genus

50 spp., Trop. (Willis, J.C., 1988). Distribution data for 1 species in Flora of Madras: pp. 275 & 276 (Gamble, J.S., 1967)

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Cite as

Ormosia travancorica Bedd., in Digital Collections, Institut Français de Pondichéry, Pollen Slides, consulted on April, 10th 2025, https://digitalcollections.ifpindia.org/s/ecological-specimens/item/461850