Tricalysia apiocarpa Gamble
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Description
Equatorial view: broadly elliptic colpus, lolongate os and medium reticulate surface in low focus.
Pollen Slide N°
IFP 21834 / IFP 21801
Code
tricapio
Type
Still image
Creator
IFP Team
Creation Date
[s.d.]
Publisher
Institut français de Pondichéry
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Description
Equatorial view with a colporus.
Pollen Slide N°
IFP 21834 / IFP 21801
Code
tricapio
Type
Still image
Creator
IFP Team
Creation Date
[s.d.]
Publisher
Institut français de Pondichéry
License
Metadata
Description
Mid-focus of Fig. 2.
Pollen Slide N°
IFP 21834 / IFP 21801
Code
tricapio
Type
Still image
Creator
IFP Team
Creation Date
[s.d.]
Publisher
Institut français de Pondichéry
License
Metadata
Description
Low focus of Fig. 2.
Pollen Slide N°
IFP 21834 / IFP 21801
Code
tricapio
Type
Still image
Creator
IFP Team
Creation Date
[s.d.]
Publisher
Institut français de Pondichéry
License
Metadata
Description
Optical section of Fig. 2.
Pollen Slide N°
IFP 21834 / IFP 21801
Code
tricapio
Type
Still image
Creator
IFP Team
Creation Date
[s.d.]
Publisher
Institut français de Pondichéry
License
Metadata
Description
Equatorial view: with a colporus; medium reticulate surface in high focus.
Pollen Slide N°
IFP 21834 / IFP 21801
Code
tricapio
Type
Still image
Creator
IFP Team
Creation Date
[s.d.]
Publisher
Institut français de Pondichéry
License
Metadata
Description
Mid-focus of Fig. 6; note the smooth colpal membrane.
Pollen Slide N°
IFP 21834 / IFP 21801
Code
tricapio
Type
Still image
Creator
IFP Team
Creation Date
[s.d.]
Publisher
Institut français de Pondichéry
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Metadata
Description
Subequatorial view: medium reticulate intercolpium.
Pollen Slide N°
IFP 21834 / IFP 21801
Code
tricapio
Type
Still image
Creator
IFP Team
Creation Date
[s.d.]
Publisher
Institut français de Pondichéry
License
Metadata
Description
Mid-focus of Fig. 8.
Pollen Slide N°
IFP 21834 / IFP 21801
Code
tricapio
Type
Still image
Creator
IFP Team
Creation Date
[s.d.]
Publisher
Institut français de Pondichéry
License
Metadata
Description
Optical section of Fig. 8.
Pollen Slide N°
IFP 21834 / IFP 21801
Code
tricapio
Type
Still image
Creator
IFP Team
Creation Date
[s.d.]
Publisher
Institut français de Pondichéry
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Metadata
Description
SEM - equatorial view showing infolded colpi and medium reticulate intercolpia.
Pollen Slide N°
IFP 21834 / IFP 21801
Code
tricapio
Type
Still image
Creator
IFP Team
Creation Date
[s.d.]
Publisher
Institut français de Pondichéry
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Metadata
Description
SEM - Close-up of Fig. 11.
Pollen Slide N°
IFP 21834 / IFP 21801
Code
tricapio
Type
Still image
Creator
IFP Team
Creation Date
[s.d.]
Publisher
Institut français de Pondichéry
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Metadata
Description
Subpolar view: note the broadly elliptic colpi and smaller meshes in para-colpia.
Pollen Slide N°
IFP 21834 / IFP 21801
Code
tricapio
Type
Still image
Creator
IFP Team
Creation Date
[s.d.]
Publisher
Institut français de Pondichéry
License
Metadata
Description
Optical section of Fig. 13.
Pollen Slide N°
IFP 21834 / IFP 21801
Code
tricapio
Type
Still image
Creator
IFP Team
Creation Date
[s.d.]
Publisher
Institut français de Pondichéry
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Family
Genus
Key
pollen_149
Collection Object
Basis of Record
Preserved specimen
Recorded By
Record Number
B.R. Ramesh & D. De Franceschi-1878 (Pollen Slide N°: IFP 21834)
Bourdillon-620 (Pollen Slide N°: IFP 21801)
Collection Code
PIFP
Institution Code
IFP
Code
tricapio
Pollen Slide N°
Pollen Slide N°: IFP 21834
Pollen Slide N°: IFP 21801
Determination
Family
Genus
Specific Epithet
Scientific Name
Scientific Name Authorship
Genus Authorship
A. Rich.
Morphology
Symmetry and Form
Monad, radial_symmetry, isopolar, 3-colporate; spheroidal in equatorial_view; circular in polar_view.
Dimensions
Polar_Axis = 27-31 µm; Equatorial_Axis = 25-29 µm.
Apertures
Three colpora, colpus elliptic, intruding, colpus apex obtuse, aperture_membrane psilate, distance between the adjacent colpal apices ±10.0 µm, margo undifferentiated, costae_colpi absent; Os: ovoid to ellipsoidal with curved lateral apices, lolongate, oral_costae absent.
Exine
Medium_reticulate, heterobrochate, tectate, mur ±0.5 µm, lumina <1.0-3.0 µm, infratectum columellate, exine thickness at the mid-point of the intercolpium ±2.0 µm.
Remark
A stenopalynous genus.
Tentative Pollen Typification
Tricalysia type.
References (Generic Palynology)
LM & SEM of Tricalysia apiocarpa in Tissot, C., Chikhi, H. & Nayar, T.S.(1994).
Location
Continent
Country
Locality
Cholaipalam (Pollen Slide N°: IFP 21834)
s.l. (Pollen Slide N°: IFP 21801)
Ecology and Taxonomy
A small tree growing on slopes from 1000 to 1500m. Occasional. Leaf illustration: Pascal, J-P. & Ramesh, B.R. (1987), fig. 339. Generic description and specific key in Flora of Madras: p. 437 (Gamble, J.S., 1967).
Distribution of Species
Western Penisular India; Western Ghats: Coimbatore hills, Nilgiris, Anamalai and hills of Travancore. Endemic to Western Ghats. Map: Ramesh, B.R. & Pascal, J-P. (1997): Plate N°- 325.
Distribution of Genus
100 spp., Trop. Africa, Madagascar, few Indomal. (Willis, J.C., 1988). Keys and distribution data for 2 species in Flora of Madras: p. 437 (Gamble, J.S., 1967).
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Tricalysia apiocarpa Gamble,
in Digital Collections, Institut Français de Pondichéry,
Pollen Slides,
consulted on April, 3rd 2025, https://digitalcollections.ifpindia.org/s/ecological-specimens/item/461903