Turpinia malabarica Gamble
Metadata
Description
Equatorial view with a colporus and medium reticulate exine
Pollen Slide N°
IFP 14364
Code
turpmala
Type
Still image
Creator
IFP Team
Creation Date
[s.d.]
Publisher
Institut français de Pondichéry
License
Metadata
Description
Another focus showing apertural characters: elliptic colpus surrounded by periapertural thinning and the subcircular os
Pollen Slide N°
IFP 14364
Code
turpmala
Type
Still image
Creator
IFP Team
Creation Date
[s.d.]
Publisher
Institut français de Pondichéry
License
Metadata
Description
Equatorial view with a colporus and an intercolpium
Pollen Slide N°
IFP 14364
Code
turpmala
Type
Still image
Creator
IFP Team
Creation Date
[s.d.]
Publisher
Institut français de Pondichéry
License
Metadata
Description
Optical section of Fig. 3
Pollen Slide N°
IFP 14364
Code
turpmala
Type
Still image
Creator
IFP Team
Creation Date
[s.d.]
Publisher
Institut français de Pondichéry
License
Metadata
Description
Subequatorial view with an intercolpium; exine medium reticulate
Pollen Slide N°
IFP 14364
Code
turpmala
Type
Still image
Creator
IFP Team
Creation Date
[s.d.]
Publisher
Institut français de Pondichéry
License
Metadata
Description
Another shot of Fig. 5 showing different foci of medium reticulate exine
Pollen Slide N°
IFP 14364
Code
turpmala
Type
Still image
Creator
IFP Team
Creation Date
[s.d.]
Publisher
Institut français de Pondichéry
License
Metadata
Description
Another focus of Fig. 5 showing incompletely periapertural thinning and costa colpi
Pollen Slide N°
IFP 14364
Code
turpmala
Type
Still image
Creator
IFP Team
Creation Date
[s.d.]
Publisher
Institut français de Pondichéry
License
Metadata
Description
Incomplete optical section of Fig. 7
Pollen Slide N°
IFP 14364
Code
turpmala
Type
Still image
Creator
IFP Team
Creation Date
[s.d.]
Publisher
Institut français de Pondichéry
License
Metadata
Description
Subpolar view: medium reticulate exine
Pollen Slide N°
IFP 14364
Code
turpmala
Type
Still image
Creator
IFP Team
Creation Date
[s.d.]
Publisher
Institut français de Pondichéry
License
Metadata
Description
Low focus of Fig. 9
Pollen Slide N°
IFP 14364
Code
turpmala
Type
Still image
Creator
IFP Team
Creation Date
[s.d.]
Publisher
Institut français de Pondichéry
License
Metadata
Description
Optical section of Fig. 9
Pollen Slide N°
IFP 14364
Code
turpmala
Type
Still image
Creator
IFP Team
Creation Date
[s.d.]
Publisher
Institut français de Pondichéry
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Family
Genus
Key
pollen_000121
Collection Object
Basis of Record
Preserved specimen
Recorded By
Record Number
Vivekanantan-23006
Collection Code
PIFP
Institution Code
IFP
Code
turpmala
Pollen Slide N°
Pollen Slide N°: IFP 14364
Determination
Family
Genus
Specific Epithet
Scientific Name
Scientific Name Authorship
Genus Authorship
Vent.
Morphology
Symmetry and Form
Monad, radial_symmetry, isopolar, 3-colporate, elliptic in equatorial_view, subtriangular (angulaperturate) in polar_view
Dimensions
Polar_Axis = 24-26 µm; Equatorial_Axis = 21-30 µm
Apertures
Three colpora; Colpus: elliptic, colpus apex acute, distance between the adjacent colpal apices 7-10 µm, margo diffuse or undifferentiated, colpus encircled by a periapertural thinning (Hippocrateales type), aperture_membrane psilate or scabrous(?), costae_colpi present; Os: ±ellipsoid, with curved lateral ends, lalongate, oral_costae present
Exine
Micro-reticulate, infratectum columellate, mur 0.5 µm; lumina <1.0 µm, exine thickness at the mid-point of the intercolpium ±2 µm
Remark
A stenopalynous genus
Tentative Pollen Typification
Hippocrateaceae type
References (Generic Palynology)
LM of Turpinia malabarica in Tissot, C., Chikhi, H. & Nayar, T.S. (1994) and of T. pomifera, T. occidentalis and Turpinia sp. in Lobreau-Callen, D. (1977)
Location
Continent
Country
State / Province
County / District
Locality
Kuttikanam
Ecology and Taxonomy
A large tree found on the slopes from 400 to 2000m. Occasional. Leaf illustration: Pascal, J-P. & Ramesh, B.R. (1987), fig. 376. Generic description and specific key in Flora of Madras: p. 172 (Gamble, J.S., 1967)
Distribution of Species
Western Peninsular India; Western Ghats: Anamalai and Travancore hills. Endemic to Western Ghats. Map: Ramesh, B.R. & Pascal, J-P. (1997): Plate N°- 337
Distribution of Genus
30-40 spp., Sri Lanka to Japan, Malaysia, Central and tropical South America (Willis, J.C., 1988). Keys and distribution data for 2 species in Flora of Madras: pp. 172 & 173 (Gamble, J.S., 1967)
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Turpinia malabarica Gamble,
in Digital Collections, Institut Français de Pondichéry,
Pollen Slides,
consulted on April, 3rd 2025, https://digitalcollections.ifpindia.org/s/ecological-specimens/item/461875