Apodytes dimidiata E. Meyer
Metadata
Description
Equatorial view: focus on colpus and os (Figs. 1-2)
Pollen Slide N°
IFP 11114
Code
apoddimi
Type
Still image
Creator
IFP Team
Creation Date
[s.d.]
Publisher
Institut français de Pondichéry
License
Metadata
Description
Equatorial view: focus on colpus and os (Figs. 1-2)
Pollen Slide N°
IFP 11114
Code
apoddimi
Type
Still image
Creator
IFP Team
Creation Date
[s.d.]
Publisher
Institut français de Pondichéry
License
Metadata
Description
Equatorial view: reticulate intercolpial exine and optically-sectioned upper half (Figs. 3-4)
Pollen Slide N°
IFP 11114
Code
apoddimi
Type
Still image
Creator
IFP Team
Creation Date
[s.d.]
Publisher
Institut français de Pondichéry
License
Metadata
Description
Equatorial view: reticulate intercolpial exine and optically-sectioned upper half (Figs. 3-4)
Pollen Slide N°
IFP 11114
Code
apoddimi
Type
Still image
Creator
IFP Team
Creation Date
[s.d.]
Publisher
Institut français de Pondichéry
License
Metadata
Description
Polar view: exine surface and optical section (Figs. 5-6)
Pollen Slide N°
IFP 11114
Code
apoddimi
Type
Still image
Creator
IFP Team
Creation Date
[s.d.]
Publisher
Institut français de Pondichéry
License
Metadata
Description
Polar view: exine surface and optical section (Figs. 5-6)
Pollen Slide N°
IFP 11114
Code
apoddimi
Type
Still image
Creator
IFP Team
Creation Date
[s.d.]
Publisher
Institut français de Pondichéry
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Family
Genus
Synonyms
Apodytes benthamiana Wight
Key
pollen_000009
Collection Object
Basis of Record
Preserved specimen
Recorded By
Event Date
1969-06-17
Catalog Number
Record Number
HIFP FB0036
Collection Code
PIFP
Institution Code
IFP
Code
apoddimi
Pollen Slide N°
Pollen Slide N°: IFP 11114
Determination
Family
Genus
Specific Epithet
Scientific Name
Scientific Name Authorship
Genus Authorship
E.MeyerexArn.
Morphology
Symmetry and Form
Monad, radial_symmetry, isopolar, 3-colporate, seldom 4-stephanocolporate, elliptic ( E > P ) in equatorial_view, triangular (angulaperturate) in polar_view, (4-colporate grains quadrangular (angulaperturate) in polar_view)
Dimensions
Polar_Axis = 19-29 µm; Equatorial_Axis = 26-39 µm
Apertures
Three colpora, Colpus: narrowly elliptic, colpus apex acute, distance between the adjacent colpal apices 20-22 µm, margo undifferentiated, aperture_membrane psilate, costae_colpi absent; Os: circular to subcircular (diameter = ±5.0 µm), oral_costae present
Exine
Medium_reticulate, tectate, mur columellate, mur ±0.5 µm; lumina 0.5-1.5 µm; exine thickness at the mid-point of the intercolpium ±1.5 µm
Remark
A stenopalynous genus (Lobreau-Callen, D., 1973)
Tentative Pollen Typification
Apodytes type
References (Generic Palynology)
LM (micrographs) of Apodytes dimidiata in Vasanthy, G. (1976); SEM (micrographs) of A. acutifolia in Lobreau-Callen, D. (1973); LM & SEM (micrographs) of A. dimidiata in Rasoardmalala, L., Albers, F. & Straka, H. (1982: Pl. 119/I: figs. 1-8)
Location
Continent
Country
State / Province
County / District
Locality
Berijam (Palnis)
Ecology and Taxonomy
A medium-sized tree reaching 12m in height; above 1525m. Leaf illustration: Pascal, J-P. & Ramesh, B.R. (1987), fig. 193. Generic description and specific (A. benthamiana Wight) key in Flora of Madras: p. 140 (Gamble, J.S., 1967)
Distribution of Species
Western Ghats in the Nilgiris, Anamalais, Travancore and Tinnevelly Hills above 1525m
Distribution of Genus
1 sp., Variable, South Africa to Malaysia (Willis, J.C., 1988). Keys and distribution data for 2 species in Flora of Madras: p. 140 (Gamble, J.S., 1967)
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Apodytes dimidiata E. Meyer,
in Digital Collections, Institut Français de Pondichéry,
Pollen Slides,
consulted on February, 5th 2025, https://ifp.inist.fr/s/ecological-specimens/item/461763