Poeciloneuron indicum Bedd.
Metadata
Description
Equatorial view with a colporoidate aperture and parts of 2 intercolpia
Pollen Slide N°
IFP 16018
Code
poecindi
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 16018
Code
poecindi
Type
Still image
Creator
IFP Team
Creation Date
[s.d.]
Publisher
Institut français de Pondichéry
License
Metadata
Description
Equatorial view of an oblate grain with an intercolpium
Pollen Slide N°
IFP 16018
Code
poecindi
Type
Still image
Creator
IFP Team
Creation Date
[s.d.]
Publisher
Institut français de Pondichéry
License
Metadata
Description
Focus 2 of Fig. 3
Pollen Slide N°
IFP 16018
Code
poecindi
Type
Still image
Creator
IFP Team
Creation Date
[s.d.]
Publisher
Institut français de Pondichéry
License
Metadata
Description
Optical section of Fig. 3 showing the oral differentiation in the left aperture
Pollen Slide N°
IFP 16018
Code
poecindi
Type
Still image
Creator
IFP Team
Creation Date
[s.d.]
Publisher
Institut français de Pondichéry
License
Metadata
Description
Polar view with an apparently scabrate exine surface
Pollen Slide N°
IFP 16018
Code
poecindi
Type
Still image
Creator
IFP Team
Creation Date
[s.d.]
Publisher
Institut français de Pondichéry
License
Metadata
Description
Optical section of Fig. 6
Pollen Slide N°
IFP 16018
Code
poecindi
Type
Still image
Creator
IFP Team
Creation Date
[s.d.]
Publisher
Institut français de Pondichéry
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Family
Genus
Key
pollen_000101
Collection Object
Basis of Record
Preserved specimen
Recorded By
Collection Code
PIFP
Institution Code
IFP
Code
poecindi
Pollen Slide N°
Pollen Slide N°: IFP 16018
Determination
Family
Genus
Specific Epithet
Scientific Name
Scientific Name Authorship
Genus Authorship
Bedd.
Morphology
Symmetry and Form
Monad, radial_symmetry, isopolar, 3-colporate; elliptic ( E > P ) in equatorial_view, (sub)circular to subtriangular in polar_view
Dimensions
Polar_Axis = 10-14 µm; Equatorial_Axis = 11-16 µm
Apertures
Three colpora; Colpus narrow, colpal apex acute, aperture_membrane psilate, margo undifferentiated, distance between the adjacent colpal apices 5.0-6.0 µm; costae_colpi present; Os: ill-defined
Exine
Scabrate or microgranulate(?), exine thickness at the mid-point of the intercolpium ±1.0 µm
Remark
A stenopalynous genus
Tentative Pollen Typification
Poeciloneuron type
References (Generic Palynology)
LM & SEM of Poeciloneuron indicum and P. pauciflorum in Seetharam, Y.N., & Pocock, S.A.J. (1978); LM of these 2 species in Tissot, C., Chikhi, H. & Nayar, T.S. (1994)
Location
Continent
Country
State / Province
County / District
Locality
Govardhanagiri R.F.
Ecology and Taxonomy
A large evergreen tree sometimes gregarious up to 1300m. Leaf illustration: Pascal, J-P. & Ramesh, B.R. (1987), fig. 78. Generic description and specific key in Flora of Madras: pp. 55 & 56 (Gamble, J.S., 1967)
Distribution of Species
Western Peninsular India; Western Ghats: from South Kanara to Travancore. Endemic to Western Ghats. Map: Ramesh, B.R. & Pascal, J-P. (1997): Plate N°- 74
Distribution of Genus
2 spp., South India (Willis, J.C., 1988). Keys and distribution data for 2 species in Flora of Madras: pp. 55 & 56 (Gamble, J.S., 1967)
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Poeciloneuron indicum Bedd.,
in Digital Collections, Institut Français de Pondichéry,
Pollen Slides,
consulted on April, 5th 2025, https://digitalcollections.ifpindia.org/s/ecological-specimens/item/461855