Euodia lunu-akenda (Gaertner) Merrill
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Description
Equatorial view with a colporate aperture: note the relatively smaller meshes in the para-colpal part and the optically sectioned exine (Figs. 1-3).
Pollen Slide N°
IFP 1386 / IFP 14302 / IFP 17637
Code
euodlunu
Type
Still image
Creator
IFP Team
Creation Date
[s.d.]
Publisher
Institut français de Pondichéry
License
Metadata
Description
Equatorial view with a colporate aperture: note the relatively smaller meshes in the para-colpal part and the optically sectioned exine (Figs. 1-3).
Pollen Slide N°
IFP 1386 / IFP 14302 / IFP 17637
Code
euodlunu
Type
Still image
Creator
IFP Team
Creation Date
[s.d.]
Publisher
Institut français de Pondichéry
License
Metadata
Description
Equatorial view with a colporate aperture: note the relatively smaller meshes in the para-colpal part and the optically sectioned exine (Figs. 1-3).
Pollen Slide N°
IFP 1386 / IFP 14302 / IFP 17637
Code
euodlunu
Type
Still image
Creator
IFP Team
Creation Date
[s.d.]
Publisher
Institut français de Pondichéry
License
Metadata
Description
Two grains (polar view and equatorial view with an intercolpium): in low focus and optical section (Figs. 4-5).
Pollen Slide N°
IFP 1386 / IFP 14302 / IFP 17637
Code
euodlunu
Type
Still image
Creator
IFP Team
Creation Date
[s.d.]
Publisher
Institut français de Pondichéry
License
Metadata
Description
Two grains (polar view and equatorial view with an intercolpium): in low focus and optical section (Figs. 4-5).
Pollen Slide N°
IFP 1386 / IFP 14302 / IFP 17637
Code
euodlunu
Type
Still image
Creator
IFP Team
Creation Date
[s.d.]
Publisher
Institut français de Pondichéry
License
Metadata
Description
Polar view: surface to optical section (Figs. 6-8).
Pollen Slide N°
IFP 1386 / IFP 14302 / IFP 17637
Code
euodlunu
Type
Still image
Creator
IFP Team
Creation Date
[s.d.]
Publisher
Institut français de Pondichéry
License
Metadata
Description
Polar view: surface to optical section (Figs. 6-8).
Pollen Slide N°
IFP 1386 / IFP 14302 / IFP 17637
Code
euodlunu
Type
Still image
Creator
IFP Team
Creation Date
[s.d.]
Publisher
Institut français de Pondichéry
License
Metadata
Description
Polar view: surface to optical section (Figs. 6-8).
Pollen Slide N°
IFP 1386 / IFP 14302 / IFP 17637
Code
euodlunu
Type
Still image
Creator
IFP Team
Creation Date
[s.d.]
Publisher
Institut français de Pondichéry
License
Key
pollen_136
Collection Object
Basis of Record
Preserved specimen
Recorded By
Event Date
s.d. (Pollen Slide N°: IFP 1386)
1969-09-22 (Pollen Slide N°: IFP 14302)
s.d. (Pollen Slide N°: IFP 17637)
Record Number
MH-2532 (Pollen Slide N°: IFP 1386)
Saldanha, C.J.-14598 (Pollen Slide N°: IFP 14302)
Pascal, J-P.-561 (Pollen Slide N°: IFP 17637)
Collection Code
PIFP
Institution Code
IFP
Code
euodlunu
Pollen Slide N°
Pollen Slide N°: IFP 1386
Pollen Slide N°: IFP 14302
Pollen Slide N°: IFP 17637
Determination
Family
Genus
Specific Epithet
Scientific Name
Scientific Name Authorship
Genus Authorship
J.R. & G. Forst.
Morphology
Symmetry and Form
Monad, radial_symmetry, isopolar, 3-colporate, elliptic ( E > P ) in equatorial_view, (sub)circular in polar_view.
Dimensions
Polar_Axis = 18-24 µm; Equatorial_Axis = 15-21 µm.
Apertures
Three colpora; Colpus: elliptic, constricted at the equator, colpus apex acute, a distance between the adjacent colpal apices 7.0-8.0 µm, margo undifferentiated, aperture_membrane psilate, costae_colpi present; Os: elliptic (2.5 x 5.0 µm, lalongate, oral_costae absent.
Exine
Striato-reticulate, tectate, infratectum columellate, mur ±0.5 µm; lumina ±1.0 µm, exine thickness at the mid-point of the intercolpium <2.0 µm.
Remark
A stenopalynous genus [see Millogc-Rasolodimry, J.F. (1988)].
Tentative Pollen Typification
Euodia lunu-akenda type.
References (Generic Palynology)
LM of 5 species of Euodia in Millogc-Rasolodimry, J.F. (1988); of which E. farinosa and E. madagascariensis are supplemented with SEM micrographs.
Location
Continent
Country
State / Province
County / District
Locality
Renumadi forest (Pollen Slide N°: IFP 1386)
Yettinahalla, Shiradi Ghat (Pollen Slide N°: IFP 14302)
Attapady valley, Panthanthode (Pollen Slide N°: IFP 17637)
Ecology and Taxonomy
A small tree in evergreen and secondary forests. Leaf illustration: Pascal, J-P. & Ramesh, B.R. (1987), fig. 347. Generic and specific descriptions in Flora of Madras: p. 105 (Gamble, J.S., 1967).
Distribution of Species
Western Ghats: from Mysore to Tinnevelly up to 2100m. Eastern Ghats: Rampu Hills in Godavari. Map: Ramesh, B.R. & Pascal, J-P. (1997): Plate N°- 327.
Distribution of Genus
45 spp., Tropical Africa, Asia, Australia, Pacific (Willis, J.C., 1988). Distribution data for 1 species in Flora of Madras: pp. 105 & 106 (Gamble, J.S., 1967).
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Euodia lunu-akenda (Gaertner) Merrill,
in Digital Collections, Institut Français de Pondichéry,
Pollen Slides,
consulted on April, 3rd 2025, https://digitalcollections.ifpindia.org/s/ecological-specimens/item/461890