Calophyllum apetalum Willd.
Metadata
Description
SEM - equatorial view showing reticulate exine and infolded aperture
Pollen Slide N°
IFP 12731
Code
caloapet
Type
Still image
Creator
IFP Team
Creation Date
[s.d.]
Publisher
Institut français de Pondichéry
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Metadata
Description
Equatorial view: reticulate exine, aperture and optical section (Figs. 2-4)
Pollen Slide N°
IFP 12731
Code
caloapet
Type
Still image
Creator
IFP Team
Creation Date
[s.d.]
Publisher
Institut français de Pondichéry
License
Metadata
Description
Equatorial view: reticulate exine, aperture and optical section (Figs. 2-4)
Pollen Slide N°
IFP 12731
Code
caloapet
Type
Still image
Creator
IFP Team
Creation Date
[s.d.]
Publisher
Institut français de Pondichéry
License
Metadata
Description
Equatorial view: reticulate exine, aperture and optical section (Figs. 2-4)
Pollen Slide N°
IFP 12731
Code
caloapet
Type
Still image
Creator
IFP Team
Creation Date
[s.d.]
Publisher
Institut français de Pondichéry
License
Metadata
Description
Equatorial view: analysis of intercolpial exine, aperture and optical section (Figs. 5-7)
Pollen Slide N°
IFP 12731
Code
caloapet
Type
Still image
Creator
IFP Team
Creation Date
[s.d.]
Publisher
Institut français de Pondichéry
License
Metadata
Description
Equatorial view: analysis of intercolpial exine, aperture and optical section (Figs. 5-7)
Pollen Slide N°
IFP 12731
Code
caloapet
Type
Still image
Creator
IFP Team
Creation Date
[s.d.]
Publisher
Institut français de Pondichéry
License
Metadata
Description
Equatorial view: analysis of intercolpial exine, aperture and optical section (Figs. 5-7)
Pollen Slide N°
IFP 12731
Code
caloapet
Type
Still image
Creator
IFP Team
Creation Date
[s.d.]
Publisher
Institut français de Pondichéry
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Metadata
Description
Polar view: reticulate exine in low focus; sunken polar area imparts (pseudo-)syncolpy
Pollen Slide N°
IFP 12731
Code
caloapet
Type
Still image
Creator
IFP Team
Creation Date
[s.d.]
Publisher
Institut français de Pondichéry
License
Metadata
Description
Slightly oblique polar view: high and low focus and partly in optical section (Figs. 9-10)
Pollen Slide N°
IFP 12731
Code
caloapet
Type
Still image
Creator
IFP Team
Creation Date
[s.d.]
Publisher
Institut français de Pondichéry
License
Metadata
Description
Slightly oblique polar view: high and low focus and partly in optical section (Figs. 9-10)
Pollen Slide N°
IFP 12731
Code
caloapet
Type
Still image
Creator
IFP Team
Creation Date
[s.d.]
Publisher
Institut français de Pondichéry
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Family
Genus
Synonyms
Calophyllum decipiens Wt.
Key
pollen_000021
Collection Object
Basis of Record
Preserved specimen
Recorded By
Record Number
Jarrett, Saldanha, C.J. & Ramamoorthy-11617
Collection Code
PIFP
Institution Code
IFP
Code
caloapet
Pollen Slide N°
Pollen Slide N°: IFP 12731
Determination
Family
Genus
Specific Epithet
Scientific Name
Scientific Name Authorship
Genus Authorship
L.
Morphology
Symmetry and Form
Monad, radial_symmetry, isopolar, 3-colporate; elliptic in equatorial_view; (sub)circular in polar_view
Dimensions
Polar_Axis = 37-45 µm; Equatorial_Axis = 30-40 µm
Apertures
Three colpora; Colpus elliptic, equatorially constricted, colpus apex acute, shorter than P axis, aperture_membrane psilate, distance between the adjacent colpal apices ±8.0 µm, costae_colpi feeble(?); Os elliptic, oral outline indistinct, lolongate?, oral_costae absent
Exine
Medium_reticulate, tectate, infratectum columellate, mur <1.0 µm, lumina ±1.0 µm, exine thickness: at poles ±2.0 µm; at the mid point of the intercolpium ±1.5 µm.
Remark
A stenopalynous genus
Tentative Pollen Typification
Calophyllum type
References (Generic Palynology)
LM & SEM (micrographs) of Calophyllum apetalum and C. austrindicum and LM (micrographs) of C. polyanthum in Tissot, C., Chikhi, H. & Nayar, T.S. (1994) and of C. recedens in Presting, D., Straka, H., & Friederich, B. (1983).
Location
Continent
Country
State / Province
County / District
Locality
Kempuhole
Ecology and Taxonomy
A tree common along banks of rivers and backwaters. Usually at low elevations. Leaf illustration: Pascal, J-P. & Ramesh, B.R. (1987), fig. 65. Generic description and specific key in Flora of Madras: p. 54 (Gamble, J.S., 1967)
Distribution of Species
Western Peninsular India. Western Ghats: South Kanara to Travancore. Endemic to Western Ghats. Map: Ramesh, B.R. & Pascal, J-P. (1997): Plate N°- 64
Distribution of Genus
8 spp., Madagascar, Mauritius; 100 spp., Indomal., Indochina, Pacific, Tropical Australia; 4 spp., Tropical America, West Indies (Willis, J.C., 1988). Keys and distribution data for 4 species in Flora of Madras: pp. 54 & 55 (Gamble, J.S., 1967)
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Calophyllum apetalum Willd.,
in Digital Collections, Institut Français de Pondichéry,
Pollen Slides,
consulted on February, 5th 2025, https://ifp.inist.fr/s/ecological-specimens/item/461775