Bruguiera gymnorhiza (L.) Lam.
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Description
Equatorial view: colporate aperture (bow-shaped Os) and faintly granular exine and optical section (Figs. 1-3)
Pollen Slide N°
IFP 15215
Code
bruggymn
Type
Still image
Creator
IFP Team
Creation Date
[s.d.]
Publisher
Institut français de Pondichéry
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Description
Equatorial view: colporate aperture (bow-shaped Os) and faintly granular exine and optical section (Figs. 1-3)
Pollen Slide N°
IFP 15215
Code
bruggymn
Type
Still image
Creator
IFP Team
Creation Date
[s.d.]
Publisher
Institut français de Pondichéry
License
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Description
Equatorial view: colporate aperture (bow-shaped Os) and faintly granular exine and optical section (Figs. 1-3)
Pollen Slide N°
IFP 15215
Code
bruggymn
Type
Still image
Creator
IFP Team
Creation Date
[s.d.]
Publisher
Institut français de Pondichéry
License
Metadata
Description
Equatorial view: optical section
Pollen Slide N°
IFP 15215
Code
bruggymn
Type
Still image
Creator
IFP Team
Creation Date
[s.d.]
Publisher
Institut français de Pondichéry
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Metadata
Description
Equatorial view: scabrate intercolpial exine and optical section (Figs. 5-7)
Pollen Slide N°
IFP 15215
Code
bruggymn
Type
Still image
Creator
IFP Team
Creation Date
[s.d.]
Publisher
Institut français de Pondichéry
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Metadata
Description
Equatorial view: scabrate intercolpial exine and optical section (Figs. 5-7)
Pollen Slide N°
IFP 15215
Code
bruggymn
Type
Still image
Creator
IFP Team
Creation Date
[s.d.]
Publisher
Institut français de Pondichéry
License
Metadata
Description
Equatorial view: scabrate intercolpial exine and optical section (Figs. 5-7)
Pollen Slide N°
IFP 15215
Code
bruggymn
Type
Still image
Creator
IFP Team
Creation Date
[s.d.]
Publisher
Institut français de Pondichéry
License
Metadata
Description
Slightly oblique polar view: analysis of exine and optical section (Figs. 8-10)
Pollen Slide N°
IFP 15215
Code
bruggymn
Type
Still image
Creator
IFP Team
Creation Date
[s.d.]
Publisher
Institut français de Pondichéry
License
Metadata
Description
Slightly oblique polar view: analysis of exine and optical section (Figs. 8-10)
Pollen Slide N°
IFP 15215
Code
bruggymn
Type
Still image
Creator
IFP Team
Creation Date
[s.d.]
Publisher
Institut français de Pondichéry
License
Metadata
Description
Slightly oblique polar view: analysis of exine and optical section (Figs. 8-10)
Pollen Slide N°
IFP 15215
Code
bruggymn
Type
Still image
Creator
IFP Team
Creation Date
[s.d.]
Publisher
Institut français de Pondichéry
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Family
Genus
Synonyms
Bruguiera conjugata Merrill
Key
pollen_000020
Collection Object
Basis of Record
Preserved specimen
Recorded By
Event Date
1974-03-16
Catalog Number
Record Number
HIFP GT
Collection Code
PIFP
Institution Code
IFP
Code
bruggymn
Pollen Slide N°
Pollen Slide N°: IFP 15215
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 ) to spheroidal in equatorial_view, sub-triangular (angulaperturate) in polar_view
Dimensions
Polar_Axis = 16-20 µm; Equatorial_Axis = 20-24 µm
Apertures
Three colpora; Colpus: elliptic, protruding at the equator, colpus apex obtuse, aperture_membrane scabrate, distance between the adjacent colpal apices 11 µm, margo undifferentiated, costae_colpi present; Os: apparently bow-shaped or rectangular, lalongate, lateral ends curved or truncate, oral_costae present
Exine
Scabrate or psilate, tectate, infratectum faintly columellate, exine thickness: at poles ± 2.0 µm; at the mid-point of the intercolpium ±1.5 µm
Remark
A stenopalynous genus
Tentative Pollen Typification
Bruguiera type
References (Generic Palynology)
LM (micrographs) of Bruguiera gymnorhiza in Guinet, Ph. (1962); LM (micrographs) of 5 spp. of Bruguiera in Thanikaimoni, G. (1987). SEM (micrographs) of Bruguiera gymnorhiza (psilate and microperforate) in Straka, H. & Friederich, B. (1984)
Location
Continent
Country
State / Province
County / District
Locality
Balasudippa, Yanam
Ecology and Taxonomy
A rather large evergreen tree in tidal forests. Palaeotropical. Mangrove. Generic description and specific (B. conjugata Merrill) key in Flora of Madras: p. 324 (Gamble, J.S., 1967). Illustrations in Prosperi, J., Ramesh, B.R., Grard, P., Jayatissa, L.P., Aravajy, S. & Depommier, D. 2005
Distribution of Species
Both coasts of Peninsular India
Distribution of Genus
6 spp., Trop. East Africa, Asia, Australia, Polynesia (Willis, J.C., 1988). Keys and distribution data for 3 species in Flora of Madras: pp. 324 & 325 (Gamble, J.S., 1967)
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Bruguiera gymnorhiza (L.) Lam.,
in Digital Collections, Institut Français de Pondichéry,
Pollen Slides,
consulted on February, 5th 2025, https://ifp.inist.fr/s/ecological-specimens/item/461774