Polyalthia fragrans (Dalz.) Bedd.
Metadata
Description
An inaperturate verrucate pollen in low focus
Pollen Slide N°
IFP 12375
Code
polyfrag
Type
Still image
Creator
IFP Team
Creation Date
[s.d.]
Publisher
Institut français de Pondichéry
License
Metadata
Description
A broken pollen showing verrucae in different foci
Pollen Slide N°
IFP 12375
Code
polyfrag
Type
Still image
Creator
IFP Team
Creation Date
[s.d.]
Publisher
Institut français de Pondichéry
License
Metadata
Description
Optical section of Fig. 2
Pollen Slide N°
IFP 12375
Code
polyfrag
Type
Still image
Creator
IFP Team
Creation Date
[s.d.]
Publisher
Institut français de Pondichéry
License
Metadata
Description
Another partly ruptured inaperturate pollen
Pollen Slide N°
IFP 12375
Code
polyfrag
Type
Still image
Creator
IFP Team
Creation Date
[s.d.]
Publisher
Institut français de Pondichéry
License
Metadata
Description
An inaperturate verrucate pollen with folded parts of exine
Pollen Slide N°
IFP 12375
Code
polyfrag
Type
Still image
Creator
IFP Team
Creation Date
[s.d.]
Publisher
Institut français de Pondichéry
License
Metadata
Description
Focus 2 of Fig. 5
Pollen Slide N°
IFP 12375
Code
polyfrag
Type
Still image
Creator
IFP Team
Creation Date
[s.d.]
Publisher
Institut français de Pondichéry
License
Metadata
Description
An inaperturate verrucate pollen with partly sunken surface
Pollen Slide N°
IFP 12375
Code
polyfrag
Type
Still image
Creator
IFP Team
Creation Date
[s.d.]
Publisher
Institut français de Pondichéry
License
Family
Genus
Key
pollen_000102
Collection Object
Basis of Record
Preserved specimen
Recorded By
Record Number
Hooper and Saldanha, C.J.-2544
Collection Code
PIFP
Institution Code
IFP
Code
polyfrag
Pollen Slide N°
Pollen Slide N°: IFP 12375
Determination
Family
Genus
Specific Epithet
Scientific Name
Scientific Name Authorship
Genus Authorship
Blume
Morphology
Symmetry and Form
Monad, spherical_to_spheroidal symmetry, apolar, inaperturate (omniaperturate)
Dimensions
Diameter = 34-43 µm
Apertures
Inaperturate (no ectexinal apertural markings) or omniaperturate (uniformly patterned exine and intine underlain by a thick onciform_zone)
Exine
Verrucate sculpture (1.0x1.0-1.5 µm), intectate (infratectal elements indistinct), Inter-verrucae exine thickness <1.0 µm
Remark
A eurypalynous genus exhibiting structural variation among its species [Le Thomas, A. (1980): Diagram 6)]
Tentative Pollen Typification
Polyalthia type X
References (Generic Palynology)
LM of Polyalthia fragrans in Tissot, C., Chikhi, H. & Nayar, T.S. (1994): SEM of Polyalthia glauca (Walker, J.W., 1971) and TEM of P. capuromii (3-layered exine: tectum, columellae and foot-layer) in Le Thomas, A. & Lugardon, B. (1976) and of P. stuhlmannii (non-columellate with a continuous tectum) in Le Thomas, A. (1980: Diagram 6)
Location
Continent
Country
State / Province
County / District
Locality
Shiradi
Ecology and Taxonomy
A tall, handsome straight tree, up to 1300m. Common. Wood used for the masts of native craft. Leaf illustration: Pascal, J-P. & Ramesh, B.R. (1987), fig. 28. Generic description and specific key in Flora of Madras: p. 11 (Gamble, J.S., 1967)
Distribution of Species
Western Peninsular India; Western Ghats: from North Kanara southwards. Endemic to Western Ghats. Map: Ramesh, B.R. & Pascal, J-P. (1997): Plate N°- 30
Distribution of Genus
120 spp., Palaeotropics especially Indomal. (Willis, J.C., 1988). Keys and distribution data for 7 species in Flora of Madras: pp. 11 & 12 (Gamble, J.S., 1967)
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Polyalthia fragrans (Dalz.) Bedd.,
in Digital Collections, Institut Français de Pondichéry,
Pollen Slides,
consulted on April, 5th 2025, https://digitalcollections.ifpindia.org/s/ecological-specimens/item/461856