Blachia denudata Benth.
Metadata
Description
Inaperturate pollen with crotonoid exine: successive foci down to optical section (Figs. 1-4)
Pollen Slide N°
IFP 21931
Code
blacdenu
Type
Still image
Creator
IFP Team
Creation Date
[s.d.]
Publisher
Institut français de Pondichéry
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Metadata
Description
Inaperturate pollen with crotonoid exine: successive foci down to optical section (Figs. 1-4)
Pollen Slide N°
IFP 21931
Code
blacdenu
Type
Still image
Creator
IFP Team
Creation Date
[s.d.]
Publisher
Institut français de Pondichéry
License
Metadata
Description
Inaperturate pollen with crotonoid exine: successive foci down to optical section (Figs. 1-4)
Pollen Slide N°
IFP 21931
Code
blacdenu
Type
Still image
Creator
IFP Team
Creation Date
[s.d.]
Publisher
Institut français de Pondichéry
License
Metadata
Description
Inaperturate pollen with crotonoid exine: successive foci down to optical section (Figs. 1-4)
Pollen Slide N°
IFP 21931
Code
blacdenu
Type
Still image
Creator
IFP Team
Creation Date
[s.d.]
Publisher
Institut français de Pondichéry
License
Family
Genus
Key
pollen_000018
Collection Object
Basis of Record
Preserved specimen
Recorded By
Catalog Number
Record Number
HIFP JPP1260bis
Collection Code
PIFP
Institution Code
IFP
Code
blacdenu
Pollen Slide N°
Pollen Slide N°: IFP 21931
Determination
Family
Genus
Specific Epithet
Scientific Name
Scientific Name Authorship
Genus Authorship
Baill.
Morphology
Symmetry and Form
Monad, spherical_to_spheroidal symmetry, apolar, inaperturate (omniaperturate)
Dimensions
Diameter = 45-60 µm
Apertures
Inaperturate (no ectexinal apertural markings) or omniaperturate (uniformly patterned exine underlain by a continuous thick onciform layer and thinner inner intine)
Exine
Croton pattern (elongated sculpture bearing clavae), tectate, exine thickness + sculpture ±3.5 µm
Remark
A stenopalynous genus (Punt, W., 1962)
Tentative Pollen Typification
Croton type
References (Generic Palynology)
LM of Blachia denudata in Tissot, C., Chikhi, H. & Nayar, T.S. (1994). Croton type (incl. B. umbellata in Punt, W. (1962)
Location
Continent
Country
State / Province
County / District
Locality
Megani Valley R.F.
Ecology and Taxonomy
A shrub or small tree in the deciduous jungles and evergreen forests. Leaf illustration: Pascal, J-P. & Ramesh, B.R. (1987), fig. 132. Generic description and specific key in Flora of Madras: pp. 935 & 936 (Gamble, J.S., 1967)
Distribution of Species
Western Peninsular India. Western Ghats: Konkan, Goa and Kanara; Bababudan Hills of Mysore. Map: Ramesh, B.R. & Pascal, J-P. (1997): Plate N°- 113
Distribution of Genus
12 spp., Andamans, India, South East Asia, Philippines (Willis, J.C., 1988). Keys and distribution data for 4 species in Flora of Madras: pp. 935 & 936 (Gamble, J.S., 1967)
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Blachia denudata Benth.,
in Digital Collections, Institut Français de Pondichéry,
Pollen Slides,
consulted on February, 5th 2025, https://ifp.inist.fr/s/ecological-specimens/item/461772