Bischofia javanica Blume
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Description
SEM, equatorial view: note the infolded aperture membrane, diffuse psilate aperture margin, and micro-reticuloid exine surface
Pollen Slide N°
IFP 12530
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Still image
Creator
IFP Team
Creation Date
[s.d.]
Publisher
Institut français de Pondichéry
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Description
Equatorial view: 2 foci showing apertural features (Figs. 2-3)
Pollen Slide N°
IFP 12530
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biscjava
Type
Still image
Creator
IFP Team
Creation Date
[s.d.]
Publisher
Institut français de Pondichéry
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Description
Equatorial view: 2 foci showing apertural features (Figs. 2-3)
Pollen Slide N°
IFP 12530
Code
biscjava
Type
Still image
Creator
IFP Team
Creation Date
[s.d.]
Publisher
Institut français de Pondichéry
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Description
SEM, equatorial view showing 2 apertures with infolded apertures and micro-reticuloid exine surface
Pollen Slide N°
IFP 12530
Code
biscjava
Type
Still image
Creator
IFP Team
Creation Date
[s.d.]
Publisher
Institut français de Pondichéry
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Description
Equatorial view: intercolpium in focus; note the "granular" exine surface, apertural costae and optical section (Figs. 5-6)
Pollen Slide N°
IFP 12530
Code
biscjava
Type
Still image
Creator
IFP Team
Creation Date
[s.d.]
Publisher
Institut français de Pondichéry
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Description
Equatorial view: intercolpium in focus; note the "granular" exine surface, apertural costae and optical section (Figs. 5-6)
Pollen Slide N°
IFP 12530
Code
biscjava
Type
Still image
Creator
IFP Team
Creation Date
[s.d.]
Publisher
Institut français de Pondichéry
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Description
SEM, slightly oblique polar view: note the "granular" surface and acute colpal apices
Pollen Slide N°
IFP 12530
Code
biscjava
Type
Still image
Creator
IFP Team
Creation Date
[s.d.]
Publisher
Institut français de Pondichéry
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Description
Polar view: "granular" surface
Pollen Slide N°
IFP 12530
Code
biscjava
Type
Still image
Creator
IFP Team
Creation Date
[s.d.]
Publisher
Institut français de Pondichéry
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Metadata
Description
Polar view: "granular" surface and optical section (Figs. 9-10)
Pollen Slide N°
IFP 12530
Code
biscjava
Type
Still image
Creator
IFP Team
Creation Date
[s.d.]
Publisher
Institut français de Pondichéry
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Description
Polar view: "granular" surface and optical section (Figs. 9-10)
Pollen Slide N°
IFP 12530
Code
biscjava
Type
Still image
Creator
IFP Team
Creation Date
[s.d.]
Publisher
Institut français de Pondichéry
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Genus
Key
pollen_000017
Collection Object
Basis of Record
Preserved specimen
Recorded By
Record Number
Saldanha, C.J.-12558
Collection Code
PIFP
Institution Code
IFP
Code
biscjava
Pollen Slide N°
Pollen Slide N°: IFP 12530
Determination
Family
Genus
Specific Epithet
Scientific Name
Scientific Name Authorship
Genus Authorship
Blume.
Morphology
Symmetry and Form
Monad, radial_symmetry, isopolar, 3-colporate; spheroidal to elliptic ( E > P ) in equatorial_view; (sub)circular, subtriangular or lobed in polar_view
Dimensions
Polar_Axis = 20-28 µm; Equatorial_Axis = 22-26 µm
Apertures
Three colpora; Colpus: elliptic, colpus apex acute, aperture_membrane psilate, distance between the adjacent colpal apices ±6.0-7.0 µm, margo undifferentiated, costae_colpi present; Os: elliptic with "rounded" lateral ends, lalongate, oral_costae present
Exine
Apparently scabrate or granular under LM, but micro-rugulo-reticuloid (mur <0.5 µm, conical in LS; lumina <0.5 µm), under SEM, tectate, infratectum columellate, exine thickness: at poles ±2.0 µm, at the mid-point of the intercolpium ±2.0 µm
Remark
A stenopalynous genus
Tentative Pollen Typification
Bischofia javanica type
References (Generic Palynology)
LM & SEM (micrographs) of Bischofia javanica in Tissot, C., Chikhi, H. & Nayar, T.S. (1994). Pollen description of Bischofia javanica under Bischofia type in Punt, W. (1962). LM (micrographs) of Bischofia javanica in Gruas-Cavagnetto, C. & Köhler, E. (1992)
Location
Continent
Country
State / Province
County / District
Locality
Bisle Ghat
Ecology and Taxonomy
A large deciduous tree up to 1200m. Leaf illustration: Pascal, J-P. & Ramesh, B.R. (1987), fig. 131. Generic and specific descriptions in Flora of Madras: p. 918 (Gamble, J.S., 1967)
Distribution of Species
Peninsular India. Tropical Himalayas and Assam, Malaya and Pacific Islands; Western Ghats: Konkan, Kanara, Nilgiri hills
Distribution of Genus
1 sp., India, China and Formosa to Polynesia (Willis, J.C., 1988). Distribution data for 1 species in Flora of Madras. p. 918 (Gamble, J.S., 1967)
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Bischofia javanica Blume,
in Digital Collections, Institut Français de Pondichéry,
Pollen Slides,
consulted on February, 5th 2025, https://ifp.inist.fr/s/ecological-specimens/item/461771