Bhesa indica (Bedd.) Ding Hou
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Description
SEM, a part of an oblique grain showing microstriate (micro-striate) exine surface, micro-granular colpal membrane and oral opening.
Pollen Slide N°
IFP 21817 / IFP 1459
Code
bhesindi
Type
Still image
Creator
IFP Team
Creation Date
[s.d.]
Publisher
Institut français de Pondichéry
License
Metadata
Description
Equatorial view: a colporate aperture in view.
Pollen Slide N°
IFP 21817 / IFP 1459
Code
bhesindi
Type
Still image
Creator
IFP Team
Creation Date
[s.d.]
Publisher
Institut français de Pondichéry
License
Metadata
Description
Equatorial view: high and low focus on the apparently psilate exine of the intercolpium and optical section (Figs. 3-5).
Pollen Slide N°
IFP 21817 / IFP 1459
Code
bhesindi
Type
Still image
Creator
IFP Team
Creation Date
[s.d.]
Publisher
Institut français de Pondichéry
License
Metadata
Description
Equatorial view: high and low focus on the apparently psilate exine of the intercolpium and optical section (Figs. 3-5).
Pollen Slide N°
IFP 21817 / IFP 1459
Code
bhesindi
Type
Still image
Creator
IFP Team
Creation Date
[s.d.]
Publisher
Institut français de Pondichéry
License
Metadata
Description
Equatorial view: high and low focus on the apparently psilate exine of the intercolpium and optical section (Figs. 3-5).
Pollen Slide N°
IFP 21817 / IFP 1459
Code
bhesindi
Type
Still image
Creator
IFP Team
Creation Date
[s.d.]
Publisher
Institut français de Pondichéry
License
Metadata
Description
SEM, Polar view: note the microgranular colpal membrane, finger-print-like micro-striations of the exine surface.
Pollen Slide N°
IFP 21817 / IFP 1459
Code
bhesindi
Type
Still image
Creator
IFP Team
Creation Date
[s.d.]
Publisher
Institut français de Pondichéry
License
Metadata
Description
SEM, enlarged view of the micro-striate exine surface.
Pollen Slide N°
IFP 21817 / IFP 1459
Code
bhesindi
Type
Still image
Creator
IFP Team
Creation Date
[s.d.]
Publisher
Institut français de Pondichéry
License
Metadata
Description
Slightly oblique polar view: exine surface and optical section (Figs. 8-9).
Pollen Slide N°
IFP 21817 / IFP 1459
Code
bhesindi
Type
Still image
Creator
IFP Team
Creation Date
[s.d.]
Publisher
Institut français de Pondichéry
License
Metadata
Description
Slightly oblique polar view: exine surface and optical section (Figs. 8-9).
Pollen Slide N°
IFP 21817 / IFP 1459
Code
bhesindi
Type
Still image
Creator
IFP Team
Creation Date
[s.d.]
Publisher
Institut français de Pondichéry
License
Metadata
Description
Oblique polar view: optical section.
Pollen Slide N°
IFP 21817 / IFP 1459
Code
bhesindi
Type
Still image
Creator
IFP Team
Creation Date
[s.d.]
Publisher
Institut français de Pondichéry
License
Family
Genus
Key
pollen_134
Collection Object
Basis of Record
Preserved specimen
Record Number
F. Blasco-1231 (Pollen Slide N°: IFP 21817)
Barber-3878 (Pollen Slide N°: IFP 1459)
Collection Code
PIFP
Institution Code
IFP
Code
bhesindi
Pollen Slide N°
Pollen Slide N°: IFP 21817
Pollen Slide N°: IFP 1459
Determination
Family
Genus
Specific Epithet
Scientific Name
Scientific Name Authorship
Genus Authorship
Buch.-Ham. ex. Arn.
Morphology
Symmetry and Form
Monad, radial_symmetry, isopolar, 3-colporate; elliptic ( E > P ) in equatorial_view; circular in polar_view.
Dimensions
Polar_Axis = 27-30 µm; Equatorial_Axis = 18-27 µm.
Apertures
Three colpora; Colpus elliptic, colpus apex acute, aperture_membrane psilate or feebly granular, distance between the adjacent colpal apices 5-6 µm, margo undifferentiated, costae_colpi absent or thin; Os: ovoid to ellipsoidal with curved lateral ends, lolongate oral_costae absent.
Exine
Psilate, SEM micrographs show the micro-striate nature, tectate, infratectum columellate, exine thickness: at poles at the mid-point of the intercolpium ±2.0 µm.
Remark
A stenopalynous genus.
Tentative Pollen Typification
Bhesa type.
References (Generic Palynology)
LM & SEM (micrographs) of Bhesa indica in Tissot, C., Chikhi, H. & Nayar, T.S. (1994).
Location
Continent
Country
County / District
Locality
Palni (Pollen Slide N°: IFP 21817)
Monica Estate (Pollen Slide N°: IFP 1459)
Ecology and Taxonomy
A large tree from 1000-2000m. Common. Leaf illustration: Pascal, J-P. & Ramesh, B.R. (1987), fig. 54.
Distribution of Species
Indo-Malaysia. Western Ghats: Anaimalai, Tirunelveli and Travancore hills.
Distribution of Genus
5 spp., Indomal., Pacific (Willis, J.C., 1988). Bhesa indica Bedd. Ding Hou in Blumea Suppl. 152 (1958).
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Bhesa indica (Bedd.) Ding Hou,
in Digital Collections, Institut Français de Pondichéry,
Pollen Slides,
consulted on April, 3rd 2025, https://digitalcollections.ifpindia.org/s/ecological-specimens/item/461888