Mastixia arborea (Cl.) Bedd.
Metadata
Description
SEM - equatorial view: "scabrate" and perforate surface and infolded aperture membrane and diffuse margo.
Pollen Slide N°
IFP 21850 / IFP 21772
Code
mastarbo
Type
Still image
Creator
IFP Team
Creation Date
[s.d.]
Publisher
Institut français de Pondichéry
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Metadata
Description
Different orientations of 4 grains in equatorial view (photographed at x400).
Pollen Slide N°
IFP 21850 / IFP 21772
Code
mastarbo
Type
Still image
Creator
IFP Team
Creation Date
[s.d.]
Publisher
Institut français de Pondichéry
License
Metadata
Description
Optical sections of grains in Fig. 2.
Pollen Slide N°
IFP 21850 / IFP 21772
Code
mastarbo
Type
Still image
Creator
IFP Team
Creation Date
[s.d.]
Publisher
Institut français de Pondichéry
License
Metadata
Description
Equatorial view: in focus 2.
Pollen Slide N°
IFP 21850 / IFP 21772
Code
mastarbo
Type
Still image
Creator
IFP Team
Creation Date
[s.d.]
Publisher
Institut français de Pondichéry
License
Metadata
Description
Optical section of Fig. 4, showing thicker polar exine.
Pollen Slide N°
IFP 21850 / IFP 21772
Code
mastarbo
Type
Still image
Creator
IFP Team
Creation Date
[s.d.]
Publisher
Institut français de Pondichéry
License
Metadata
Description
Equatorial view: optical section showing costae colpi.
Pollen Slide N°
IFP 21850 / IFP 21772
Code
mastarbo
Type
Still image
Creator
IFP Team
Creation Date
[s.d.]
Publisher
Institut français de Pondichéry
License
Metadata
Description
Equatorial view: in focus 2.
Pollen Slide N°
IFP 21850 / IFP 21772
Code
mastarbo
Type
Still image
Creator
IFP Team
Creation Date
[s.d.]
Publisher
Institut français de Pondichéry
License
Metadata
Description
SEM - equatorial view showing perforate and "scabrate" intercolpium.
Pollen Slide N°
IFP 21850 / IFP 21772
Code
mastarbo
Type
Still image
Creator
IFP Team
Creation Date
[s.d.]
Publisher
Institut français de Pondichéry
License
Metadata
Description
Equatorial view: with an intercolpium, in focus 2.
Pollen Slide N°
IFP 21850 / IFP 21772
Code
mastarbo
Type
Still image
Creator
IFP Team
Creation Date
[s.d.]
Publisher
Institut français de Pondichéry
License
Metadata
Description
SEM -subpolar view: note the diffuse (perforated) margo, acute colpus apices, and "granular" extra-apertural region.
Pollen Slide N°
IFP 21850 / IFP 21772
Code
mastarbo
Type
Still image
Creator
IFP Team
Creation Date
[s.d.]
Publisher
Institut français de Pondichéry
License
Metadata
Description
Polar view: 3/4th of a grain in focus 2.
Pollen Slide N°
IFP 21850 / IFP 21772
Code
mastarbo
Type
Still image
Creator
IFP Team
Creation Date
[s.d.]
Publisher
Institut français de Pondichéry
License
Metadata
Description
Optical section of Fig. 11 (lower part).
Pollen Slide N°
IFP 21850 / IFP 21772
Code
mastarbo
Type
Still image
Creator
IFP Team
Creation Date
[s.d.]
Publisher
Institut français de Pondichéry
License
Metadata
Description
Optical section of Fig. 11 (upper part).
Pollen Slide N°
IFP 21850 / IFP 21772
Code
mastarbo
Type
Still image
Creator
IFP Team
Creation Date
[s.d.]
Publisher
Institut français de Pondichéry
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Family
Genus
Key
pollen_140
Collection Object
Basis of Record
Preserved specimen
Record Number
Barber-5989 (Pollen Slide N°: IFP 21850)
Barber-5778 (Pollen Slide N°: IFP 21772)
Collection Code
PIFP
Institution Code
IFP
Code
mastarbo
Pollen Slide N°
Pollen Slide N°: IFP 21850
Pollen Slide N°: IFP 21772
Determination
Family
Genus
Specific Epithet
Scientific Name
Scientific Name Authorship
Genus Authorship
Blume
Morphology
Symmetry and Form
Monad, radial_symmetry, isopolar, 3-colporate, angulaperturate, elliptic in equatorial_view, (sub)circular to subtriangular in polar_view.
Dimensions
Polar_Axis = 46-62 µm; Equatorial_Axis = 38-54 µm.
Apertures
Three colpora, colpus elliptic, colpal apex acute, aperture_membrane psilate, distance between the adjacent colpal apices 13-14 µm, margo diffuse becoming psilate, costae_colpi present; Os: elliptic, lolongate, oral_costae present.
Exine
Granulate (d=0.5 µm), or micro-areoloid and micro-perforate, tectate: infratectum columellate, exine thickness at the mid-point of the intercolpium ±4.0 µm.
Remark
A stenopalynous genus.
Tentative Pollen Typification
Mastixia type.
References (Generic Palynology)
LM & SEM of Mastixia arborea in Tissot, C., Chikhi, H. & Nayar, T.S. (1994).
Location
Continent
Country
Locality
Poonachi (Pollen Slide N°: IFP 21850)
Anaimalai (Pollen Slide N°: IFP 21772)
Ecology and Taxonomy
A large tree from 400 to 1500m. Common. Leaf illustration: Pascal, J-P. & Ramesh, B.R. (1987), fig. 88. Generic description and specific key in Flora of Madras: p. 405 (Gamble, J.S., 1967).
Distribution of Species
Western Peninsular India and Sri Lanka. Western Ghats: from South Kanara southwards. Map: Ramesh, B.R. & Pascal, J-P. (1997): Plate N°- 77.
Distribution of Genus
25 spp., Indomal. (Willis, J.C., 1988). Keys and distribution data for 3 species in Flora of Madras: p. 405 (Gamble, J.S., 1967).
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Mastixia arborea (Cl.) Bedd.,
in Digital Collections, Institut Français de Pondichéry,
Pollen Slides,
consulted on April, 3rd 2025, https://digitalcollections.ifpindia.org/s/ecological-specimens/item/461894