Trichilia connaroides (Wight & Arn.) Bentvelzen
Metadata
Description
SEM - equatorial view: note the perforate (foveolate) exine surface
Pollen Slide N°
IFP 11600
Code
tricconn
Type
Still image
Creator
IFP Team
Creation Date
[s.d.]
Publisher
Institut français de Pondichéry
License
Metadata
Description
Equatorial view: 4 colporate grain; note the shorter colpus; perforate exine surface at high focus
Pollen Slide N°
IFP 11600
Code
tricconn
Type
Still image
Creator
IFP Team
Creation Date
[s.d.]
Publisher
Institut français de Pondichéry
License
Metadata
Description
Low focus of Fig. 2
Pollen Slide N°
IFP 11600
Code
tricconn
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 11600
Code
tricconn
Type
Still image
Creator
IFP Team
Creation Date
[s.d.]
Publisher
Institut français de Pondichéry
License
Metadata
Description
Optical section of a 4- colporate grain
Pollen Slide N°
IFP 11600
Code
tricconn
Type
Still image
Creator
IFP Team
Creation Date
[s.d.]
Publisher
Institut français de Pondichéry
License
Metadata
Description
SEM - polar view of a 4- colporate grain (overcoated?)
Pollen Slide N°
IFP 11600
Code
tricconn
Type
Still image
Creator
IFP Team
Creation Date
[s.d.]
Publisher
Institut français de Pondichéry
License
Metadata
Description
Polar view
Pollen Slide N°
IFP 11600
Code
tricconn
Type
Still image
Creator
IFP Team
Creation Date
[s.d.]
Publisher
Institut français de Pondichéry
License
Metadata
Description
Optical section of Fig. 7
Pollen Slide N°
IFP 11600
Code
tricconn
Type
Still image
Creator
IFP Team
Creation Date
[s.d.]
Publisher
Institut français de Pondichéry
License
Metadata
Description
Polar view of a 5- colporate grain
Pollen Slide N°
IFP 11600
Code
tricconn
Type
Still image
Creator
IFP Team
Creation Date
[s.d.]
Publisher
Institut français de Pondichéry
License
Key
pollen_000120
Collection Object
Basis of Record
Preserved specimen
Recorded By
Record Number
Sahni-1683
Collection Code
PIFP
Institution Code
IFP
Code
tricconn
Pollen Slide N°
Pollen Slide N°: IFP 11600
Determination
Family
Genus
Specific Epithet
Scientific Name
Scientific Name Authorship
Genus Authorship
P.Br.
Morphology
Symmetry and Form
Monad, radial_symmetry, isopolar, 4-(5-) stephanocolporate, elliptic in equatorial_view, circular to (sub-)quadrangular in polar_view
Dimensions
Polar_Axis = 43-65 µm; Equatorial_Axis = 38-54 µm
Apertures
Four stephanocolpora, rarely 5 stephanocolpora, colpus apparently linear, relatively short and colpal apex obtuse, aperture_membrane psilate, distance between the adjacent colpal apices (14.0 & 17.0 µm), margo undifferentiated, costae_colpi present; Os: elliptic, with lateral ends, lolongate, oral_costae thin(?)
Exine
Foveolate, fovea diameter ±0.5 µm, tectate, infratectum columellate, exine thickness at the mid-point of the intercolpium ±2.0 µm
Remark
A stenopalynous genus
Tentative Pollen Typification
Trichilia connaroides type
References (Generic Palynology)
LM & SEM of Trichilia connaroides in Tissot, C., Chikhi, H. & Nayar, T.S. (1994)
Location
Continent
Country
State / Province
County / District
Locality
Tinaighat
Ecology and Taxonomy
A small tree common along margins of semi-evergreen forests and occasional in evergreen forests up to 2000. Leaf illustration: Pascal, J-P. & Ramesh, B.R. (1987), fig. 262. Generic and specific (Heynea trijuga Roxb.) descriptions in Flora of Madras: p. 131 (Gamble, J.S., 1967)
Distribution of Species
Indo-Malaysia to Australia. Absent from Sri Lanka. Western Ghats: in all districts. Eastern Ghats: in the forests of Godavari and Vizagapatam to 1400m
Distribution of Genus
300 spp., Mexico to trop. South America, West Indies, trop. Africa. (Willis, J.C., 1988). Distribution data for 1 species (Heynea trijuga Roxb.) in Flora of Madras: p. 131 (Gamble, J.S., 1967)
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Cite as
Trichilia connaroides (Wight & Arn.) Bentvelzen,
in Digital Collections, Institut Français de Pondichéry,
Pollen Slides,
consulted on April, 4th 2025, https://digitalcollections.ifpindia.org/s/ecological-specimens/item/461874