Taraktogenos macrocarpa (Bedd.) Balakr.
Metadata
Description
Equatorial view with a colporus: showing reticulum
Pollen Slide N°
IFP 21788
Code
taramacr
Type
Still image
Creator
IFP Team
Creation Date
[s.d.]
Publisher
Institut français de Pondichéry
License
Metadata
Description
Focus 2 of Fig. 1 showing reticulum with simplicolumellate muri
Pollen Slide N°
IFP 21788
Code
taramacr
Type
Still image
Creator
IFP Team
Creation Date
[s.d.]
Publisher
Institut français de Pondichéry
License
Metadata
Description
Equatorial view: simplicolumellate muri
Pollen Slide N°
IFP 21788
Code
taramacr
Type
Still image
Creator
IFP Team
Creation Date
[s.d.]
Publisher
Institut français de Pondichéry
License
Metadata
Description
Equatorial view in optical section
Pollen Slide N°
IFP 21788
Code
taramacr
Type
Still image
Creator
IFP Team
Creation Date
[s.d.]
Publisher
Institut français de Pondichéry
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Metadata
Description
Equatorial view with an intercolpium: note the simplicolumellate muri
Pollen Slide N°
IFP 21788
Code
taramacr
Type
Still image
Creator
IFP Team
Creation Date
[s.d.]
Publisher
Institut français de Pondichéry
License
Metadata
Description
Optical section of Fig. 5
Pollen Slide N°
IFP 21788
Code
taramacr
Type
Still image
Creator
IFP Team
Creation Date
[s.d.]
Publisher
Institut français de Pondichéry
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Metadata
Description
Polar view: at high focus
Pollen Slide N°
IFP 21788
Code
taramacr
Type
Still image
Creator
IFP Team
Creation Date
[s.d.]
Publisher
Institut français de Pondichéry
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Metadata
Description
Polar view: mid-and low focus of Fig. 7 showing simplicolumellate character
Pollen Slide N°
IFP 21788
Code
taramacr
Type
Still image
Creator
IFP Team
Creation Date
[s.d.]
Publisher
Institut français de Pondichéry
License
Metadata
Description
Optical section of Fig. 8
Pollen Slide N°
IFP 21788
Code
taramacr
Type
Still image
Creator
IFP Team
Creation Date
[s.d.]
Publisher
Institut français de Pondichéry
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Family
Genus
Synonyms
Asteriastigma macrocarpa Bedd.
Key
pollen_000117
Collection Object
Basis of Record
Preserved specimen
Recorded By
Record Number
Narayana Iyer-1511
Collection Code
PIFP
Institution Code
IFP
Code
taramacr
Pollen Slide N°
Pollen Slide N°: IFP 21788
Determination
Family
Genus
Specific Epithet
Scientific Name
Scientific Name Authorship
Genus Authorship
#NOM?
Morphology
Symmetry and Form
Monad, radial_symmetry, isopolar, elliptic in equatorial_view, (sub)circular in polar_view
Dimensions
Polar_Axis = 37-48 µm; Equatorial_Axis = 31-47 µm
Apertures
Three colpora; Colpus: narrow, elliptic, colpus apex acute, distance between the adjacent colpal apices 16.0 µm, margo undifferentiated, aperture_membrane psilate, costae_colpi present; Os: elliptic, lateral ends indistinct, lolongate, non-costate
Exine
Medium tectate ±0.8 µm; distinctly simplicolumellate, lumina of various shape, max. diameter up to 3.0 µm, exine thickness at the mid-point of the intercolpium ±2.5 µm
Remark
A stenopalynous genus
Tentative Pollen Typification
Taraktogenos macrocarpa type
References (Generic Palynology)
LM of Taraktogenos macrocarpa in Tissot, C., Chikhi, H. & Nayar, T.S. (1994)
Location
Continent
Country
State / Province
County / District
Ecology and Taxonomy
A large tree up to 1400m. Leaf illustration Pascal, J-P. & Ramesh, B.R. (1987), fig. 189. Generic (Asteriastigma Bedd.) and specific (A. macrocarpa Bedd.) descriptions in Flora of Madras: pp. 37 & 38 (Gamble, J.S., 1967)
Distribution of Species
Western Peninsular India. Western Coast and Western Ghats: from S. Kanara southwards. Endemic to Western Ghats
Distribution of Genus
40 spp., Indomal. (Willis, J.C., 1988). Distribution data for 1 species (Asteriastigma Bedd.) in Flora of Madras. pp. 37 & 38 (Gamble, J.S., 1967)
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Taraktogenos macrocarpa (Bedd.) Balakr.,
in Digital Collections, Institut Français de Pondichéry,
Pollen Slides,
consulted on April, 4th 2025, https://digitalcollections.ifpindia.org/s/ecological-specimens/item/461871