Bauhinia racemosa Lam.
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Description
Equatorial view: striato-reticulate exine and equatorially constricted colpus in 2 foci (Figs. 1-2)
Pollen Slide N°
IFP 2410
Code
bauhrace
Type
Still image
Creator
IFP Team
Creation Date
[s.d.]
Publisher
Institut français de Pondichéry
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Description
Equatorial view: striato-reticulate exine and equatorially constricted colpus in 2 foci (Figs. 1-2)
Pollen Slide N°
IFP 2410
Code
bauhrace
Type
Still image
Creator
IFP Team
Creation Date
[s.d.]
Publisher
Institut français de Pondichéry
License
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Description
Equatorial view: exine surface at low focus and optical section (Figs. 3-4)
Pollen Slide N°
IFP 2410
Code
bauhrace
Type
Still image
Creator
IFP Team
Creation Date
[s.d.]
Publisher
Institut français de Pondichéry
License
Metadata
Description
Equatorial view: exine surface at low focus and optical section (Figs. 3-4)
Pollen Slide N°
IFP 2410
Code
bauhrace
Type
Still image
Creator
IFP Team
Creation Date
[s.d.]
Publisher
Institut français de Pondichéry
License
Metadata
Description
Equatorial view: exine surface at high focus
Pollen Slide N°
IFP 2410
Code
bauhrace
Type
Still image
Creator
IFP Team
Creation Date
[s.d.]
Publisher
Institut français de Pondichéry
License
Metadata
Description
Polar view: partly in focus 2 and partly in optical section
Pollen Slide N°
IFP 2410
Code
bauhrace
Type
Still image
Creator
IFP Team
Creation Date
[s.d.]
Publisher
Institut français de Pondichéry
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Family
Genus
Key
pollen_000015
Collection Object
Basis of Record
Preserved specimen
Recorded By
Collection Code
PIFP
Institution Code
IFP
Code
bauhrace
Pollen Slide N°
Pollen Slide N°: IFP 2410
Determination
Family
Genus
Specific Epithet
Scientific Name
Scientific Name Authorship
Genus Authorship
Lam.
Morphology
Symmetry and Form
Monad, radial_symmetry, isopolar, 3-colporate, elliptic ( E > P & E < P ) or spheroidal in equatorial_view, circular in polar_view
Dimensions
Polar_Axis = 30-38 µm; Equatorial_Axis = 24-30 µm
Apertures
Three colpora; Colpus: elliptic and narrowed over the supra-oral region (Fig. 2), colpus apex acute, distance between the adjacent colpal apices ±12.0 µm, margo diffuse (lumina grading into foveolae), apertural membrane psilate, costae_colpi present(?); Os elliptic, nearly indistinct, lolongate, oral costate absent(?)
Exine
Medium_reticulate, tectate, infratectum columellate; lumina 2.0 µm, mur <1.0 µm, exine thickness at the mid-point of the intercolpium ±2.0 µm
Remark
A eurypalynous genus (Graham, A. & Baker, G. 1981 and Ferguson, I.K. & Pearce, K.J. 1986)
Tentative Pollen Typification
Bauhinia type X
References (Generic Palynology)
LM (micrographs) of Bauhinia racemosa in Guinet, Ph. (1962). SEM & TEM (micrographs) of the neotropical Bauhinia L. in Ferguson, I.K. & Pearce, K.J. (1986)
Location
Continent
Country
State / Province
County / District
Locality
Botanic garden, Calcutta
Ecology and Taxonomy
A small deciduous rather crooked tree in the dry deciduous forests of lower and medium altitude or in dry deciduous forests; on dry slopes and up to 1220m. Generic description and specific key in Flora of Madras: pp. 286 & 287 (Gamble, J.S., 1967)
Distribution of Species
All over India, Circars, Deccan and Carnatic; Western Ghats
Distribution of Genus
300 spp., Warm (Willis, J.C., 1988). Keys and distribution data for 9 species in Flora of Madras: pp. 286-289 (Gamble, J.S., 1967)
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Bauhinia racemosa Lam.,
in Digital Collections, Institut Français de Pondichéry,
Pollen Slides,
consulted on February, 5th 2025, https://ifp.inist.fr/s/ecological-specimens/item/461769