Pinanga dicksonii Blume
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Description
Apertural face of a monosulcate pollen showing reticulate exine and sulcus
Pollen Slide N°
IFP 1419
Code
pinadick
Type
Still image
Creator
IFP Team
Creation Date
[s.d.]
Publisher
Institut français de Pondichéry
License
Metadata
Description
Focus 2 of Fig. 1 showing simplicolumellate muri
Pollen Slide N°
IFP 1419
Code
pinadick
Type
Still image
Creator
IFP Team
Creation Date
[s.d.]
Publisher
Institut français de Pondichéry
License
Metadata
Description
Optical section of Fig. 1
Pollen Slide N°
IFP 1419
Code
pinadick
Type
Still image
Creator
IFP Team
Creation Date
[s.d.]
Publisher
Institut français de Pondichéry
License
Metadata
Description
Non-apertural face showing reticulate surface in high focus
Pollen Slide N°
IFP 1419
Code
pinadick
Type
Still image
Creator
IFP Team
Creation Date
[s.d.]
Publisher
Institut français de Pondichéry
License
Metadata
Description
Low focus of Fig. 4
Pollen Slide N°
IFP 1419
Code
pinadick
Type
Still image
Creator
IFP Team
Creation Date
[s.d.]
Publisher
Institut français de Pondichéry
License
Metadata
Description
End view of a monosulcate pollen; reticulum in high focus
Pollen Slide N°
IFP 1419
Code
pinadick
Type
Still image
Creator
IFP Team
Creation Date
[s.d.]
Publisher
Institut français de Pondichéry
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Metadata
Description
Mid-and low focus of Fig. 6
Pollen Slide N°
IFP 1419
Code
pinadick
Type
Still image
Creator
IFP Team
Creation Date
[s.d.]
Publisher
Institut français de Pondichéry
License
Metadata
Description
Deep focus of Fig. 6
Pollen Slide N°
IFP 1419
Code
pinadick
Type
Still image
Creator
IFP Team
Creation Date
[s.d.]
Publisher
Institut français de Pondichéry
License
Key
pollen_000099
Collection Object
Basis of Record
Preserved specimen
Recorded By
Collection Code
PIFP
Institution Code
IFP
Code
pinadick
Pollen Slide N°
Pollen Slide N°: IFP 1419
Determination
Family
Genus
Specific Epithet
Scientific Name
Scientific Name Authorship
Genus Authorship
Blume
Morphology
Symmetry and Form
Monad, bilateral_symmetry, heteropolar, monosulcate, elliptic in proximo-distal view, and profile view, ±semicircular in end view
Dimensions
Length = 28-43 µm; Width = 22-31 µm
Apertures
Monosulcus; Sulcus: ellipsoidal, longer than length, extending to the proximal face, sulcus apex acute, sulcus margo undifferentiated, sulcus membrane psilate
Exine
Coarsely_reticulate, tectate, lumina max. width ±4-5 µm, intraluminal elements absent, mur simplicolumellate, exine thickness ±3.0 µm
Remark
A eurypalynous genus
Tentative Pollen Typification
Pinanga dicksonii type
References (Generic Palynology)
LM (micrographs) of Pinanga dicksonii in Tissot, C., Chikhi, H. & Nayar, T.S. (1994); SEM and TEM of 6 types of exine patterns of Pinanga in Ferguson, I.K., Dransfield, J., Page, F.C. and Thanikaimoni, G. (1983)
Location
Continent
Country
State / Province
County / District
Locality
Kannikatti
Ecology and Taxonomy
A slender tree from 300 to 2000m. Occasional. Generic and specific descriptions in Flora of Madras: p. 1086 (Gamble, J.S., 1967)
Distribution of Species
Western Peninsular India; Western Ghats: Nilgiris and Travancore hills. Endemic to Western Ghats. Map: Ramesh, B.R. & Pascal, J-P. (1997): Plate N°- 46
Distribution of Genus
115 spp., Southeast Asia, Indomal. (Willis, J.C., 1988). Distribution data for 1 species in Flora of Madras: p. 1086 (Gamble, J.S., 1967)
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Pinanga dicksonii Blume,
in Digital Collections, Institut Français de Pondichéry,
Pollen Slides,
consulted on April, 5th 2025, https://digitalcollections.ifpindia.org/s/ecological-specimens/item/461853