Harpullia arborea (Blanco) Radlk.
Metadata
Description
Equatorial view with colporus: meridionally oriented ridges of striate exine, colpus, os and costae of colpus (Figs. 1-3).
Pollen Slide N°
IFP 21900 / IFP 21827
Code
harparbo
Type
Still image
Creator
IFP Team
Creation Date
[s.d.]
Publisher
Institut français de Pondichéry
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Metadata
Description
Equatorial view with colporus: meridionally oriented ridges of striate exine, colpus, os and costae of colpus (Figs. 1-3).
Pollen Slide N°
IFP 21900 / IFP 21827
Code
harparbo
Type
Still image
Creator
IFP Team
Creation Date
[s.d.]
Publisher
Institut français de Pondichéry
License
Metadata
Description
Equatorial view with colporus: meridionally oriented ridges of striate exine, colpus, os and costae of colpus (Figs. 1-3).
Pollen Slide N°
IFP 21900 / IFP 21827
Code
harparbo
Type
Still image
Creator
IFP Team
Creation Date
[s.d.]
Publisher
Institut français de Pondichéry
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Metadata
Description
Equatorial view: paracolpal and intercolpal exine striate.
Pollen Slide N°
IFP 21900 / IFP 21827
Code
harparbo
Type
Still image
Creator
IFP Team
Creation Date
[s.d.]
Publisher
Institut français de Pondichéry
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Metadata
Description
Polar view: three successive foci down to optical section (Figs. 5-7).
Pollen Slide N°
IFP 21900 / IFP 21827
Code
harparbo
Type
Still image
Creator
IFP Team
Creation Date
[s.d.]
Publisher
Institut français de Pondichéry
License
Metadata
Description
Polar view: three successive foci down to optical section (Figs. 5-7).
Pollen Slide N°
IFP 21900 / IFP 21827
Code
harparbo
Type
Still image
Creator
IFP Team
Creation Date
[s.d.]
Publisher
Institut français de Pondichéry
License
Metadata
Description
Polar view: three successive foci down to optical section (Figs. 5-7).
Pollen Slide N°
IFP 21900 / IFP 21827
Code
harparbo
Type
Still image
Creator
IFP Team
Creation Date
[s.d.]
Publisher
Institut français de Pondichéry
License
Metadata
Description
Polar view: in deep focus showing striate exine character.
Pollen Slide N°
IFP 21900 / IFP 21827
Code
harparbo
Type
Still image
Creator
IFP Team
Creation Date
[s.d.]
Publisher
Institut français de Pondichéry
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Family
Genus
Synonyms
Harpullia imbricata Thw.
Key
pollen_138
Collection Object
Basis of Record
Preserved specimen
Catalog Number
Record Number
Bourdillon-393 (Pollen Slide N°: IFP 21900)
HIFP BRR1019 (Pollen Slide N°: IFP 21827)
Collection Code
PIFP
Institution Code
IFP
Code
harparbo
Pollen Slide N°
Pollen Slide N°: IFP 21900
Pollen Slide N°: IFP 21827
Determination
Family
Genus
Specific Epithet
Scientific Name
Scientific Name Authorship
Genus Authorship
Roxb.
Morphology
Symmetry and Form
Monad, radial_symmetry, isopolar, elliptic in equatorial_view; (sub)circular ( E > P ) in polar_view.
Dimensions
Polar_Axis = 22-25 µm, Equatorial_Axis = 20-23 µm.
Apertures
Three colpora, colpus elliptic, colpus apex acute, distance between the adjacent colpal apices 5.0-7.0 µm? (pseudosyncolpate due to flexure), margo undifferentiated, aperture_membrane psilate, costae_colpi present; Os: elliptic (1.5x4.0 µm) with curved lateral ends, lalongate, oral_costae present.
Exine
Tectate, striate, ridges predominantly meridionally oriented, mur ±0.5 -0.8 µm, infratectum columellate [inconspicuous columellae layer-(Baksi, S.K. 1976)], exine at the mid-point of the intercolpium ±2.0 µm.
Remark
A eurypalynous genus characterised by 4 types, one of which subdivisible into 8 subtypes [see Muller, J. 1985).
Tentative Pollen Typification
Harpullia arborea type.
References (Generic Palynology)
LM (micrographs) of Harpullia arborea in Tissot, C., Chikhi, H. & Nayar, T.S. (1994). SEM of H. capanioides ( reticulate sculpture with supratectal bacula on wide muri) and H. arborea with irregularly arranged sculptural pattern (Muller, J. & Leenhouts, P.W., 1976). SEM & TEM of H. arborea in Muller, J. 1985 (Pls 1-3).
Location
Continent
Country
County / District
Locality
Aryankavu (Pollen Slide N°: IFP 21900)
Uppangala (Pollen Slide N°: IFP 21827)
Ecology and Taxonomy
A large tree in evergreen forest up to 1300m. Occasional. Leaf illustration: Pascal, J-P. & Ramesh, B.R. (1987), fig. 362. Generic and specific (H. imbricata Thw.) descriptions in Flora of Madras: p. 180 (Gamble, J.S., 1967).
Distribution of Species
Indo-malaysia; Western Ghats: from S. Kanara to Anamalai and Travancore.
Distribution of Genus
37 spp., Indomal., Tropical Australia, Pacific (Willis, J.C., 1988). Distribution data fo 1 species in Flora of Madras: p. 180 (Gamble, J.S., 1967).
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Harpullia arborea (Blanco) Radlk.,
in Digital Collections, Institut Français de Pondichéry,
Pollen Slides,
consulted on April, 3rd 2025, https://digitalcollections.ifpindia.org/s/ecological-specimens/item/461892