Casearia ovata Willd.
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Description
Equatorial view: analysis of psilate exine and colporate apertures (Figs. 1-5)
Pollen Slide N°
IFP 21877
Code
caseovat
Type
Still image
Creator
IFP Team
Creation Date
[s.d.]
Publisher
Institut français de Pondichéry
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Description
Equatorial view: analysis of psilate exine and colporate apertures (Figs. 1-5)
Pollen Slide N°
IFP 21877
Code
caseovat
Type
Still image
Creator
IFP Team
Creation Date
[s.d.]
Publisher
Institut français de Pondichéry
License
Metadata
Description
Equatorial view: analysis of psilate exine and colporate apertures (Figs. 1-5)
Pollen Slide N°
IFP 21877
Code
caseovat
Type
Still image
Creator
IFP Team
Creation Date
[s.d.]
Publisher
Institut français de Pondichéry
License
Metadata
Description
Equatorial view: analysis of psilate exine and colporate apertures (Figs. 1-5)
Pollen Slide N°
IFP 21877
Code
caseovat
Type
Still image
Creator
IFP Team
Creation Date
[s.d.]
Publisher
Institut français de Pondichéry
License
Metadata
Description
Equatorial view: analysis of psilate exine and colporate apertures (Figs. 1-5)
Pollen Slide N°
IFP 21877
Code
caseovat
Type
Still image
Creator
IFP Team
Creation Date
[s.d.]
Publisher
Institut français de Pondichéry
License
Metadata
Description
Equatorial view: high and low focus of exine and optical section (Figs. 6-8)
Pollen Slide N°
IFP 21877
Code
caseovat
Type
Still image
Creator
IFP Team
Creation Date
[s.d.]
Publisher
Institut français de Pondichéry
License
Metadata
Description
Equatorial view: high and low focus of exine and optical section (Figs. 6-8)
Pollen Slide N°
IFP 21877
Code
caseovat
Type
Still image
Creator
IFP Team
Creation Date
[s.d.]
Publisher
Institut français de Pondichéry
License
Metadata
Description
Equatorial view: high and low focus of exine and optical section (Figs. 6-8)
Pollen Slide N°
IFP 21877
Code
caseovat
Type
Still image
Creator
IFP Team
Creation Date
[s.d.]
Publisher
Institut français de Pondichéry
License
Metadata
Description
Slightly oblique polar view: surface and optical section (Figs. 9-10)
Pollen Slide N°
IFP 21877
Code
caseovat
Type
Still image
Creator
IFP Team
Creation Date
[s.d.]
Publisher
Institut français de Pondichéry
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Metadata
Description
Slightly oblique polar view: surface and optical section (Figs. 9-10)
Pollen Slide N°
IFP 21877
Code
caseovat
Type
Still image
Creator
IFP Team
Creation Date
[s.d.]
Publisher
Institut français de Pondichéry
License
Metadata
Description
Slightly oblique polar view: optical section
Pollen Slide N°
IFP 21877
Code
caseovat
Type
Still image
Creator
IFP Team
Creation Date
[s.d.]
Publisher
Institut français de Pondichéry
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Family
Genus
Synonyms
Casearia esculenta Roxb.
Key
pollen_000027
Collection Object
Basis of Record
Preserved specimen
Recorded By
Record Number
Jacob-388
Collection Code
PIFP
Institution Code
IFP
Code
caseovat
Pollen Slide N°
Pollen Slide N°: IFP 21877
Determination
Family
Genus
Specific Epithet
Scientific Name
Scientific Name Authorship
Genus Authorship
Jacq.
Morphology
Symmetry and Form
Monad, radial_symmetry, isopolar, 3-(4-) colporate, spheroidal to elliptic in equatorial_view, circular in polar_view
Dimensions
Polar_Axis = 25-31 µm; Equatorial_Axis = 21-30 µm
Apertures
Three colpora; Colpus: narrowly elliptic, much shorter than Polar_Axis, colpus apex obtuse, distance between the adjacent colpal apices ±10-12 µm, margo undifferentiated, costae_colpi present; Os: lens shaped (Fig. 3), lateral ends acute, lalongate, oral_costae present
Exine
Psilate, tectate, infratectum columellate, exine thickness: at poles ±1.5 µm; at the mid-point of the intercolpium ±1.5 µm
Remark
Occurrence of semi-tectate to tectate and of psilate to mostly reticulate exine in Casearia has been reported by Keating, R.C. (1973)
Tentative Pollen Typification
Casearia type X
References (Generic Palynology)
LM (micrographs) of Casearia ovata in Tissot, C., Chikhi, H. & Nayar, T.S. (1994) and of 10 species of Casearia in Keating, R.C. (1973)
Location
Continent
Country
State / Province
County / District
Ecology and Taxonomy
A small tree in the forests and coastal regions. Leaf illustration: Pascal, J-P. & Ramesh, B.R. (1987), fig. 180. Generic description and specific key in Flora of Madras: p. 367 (Gamble, J.S., 1967)
Distribution of Species
Peninsular India and Sri Lanka. Western Ghats: South Kanara and Malabar
Distribution of Genus
160 spp., Trop. (Willis, J.C., 1988). Keys and distribution data for 7 species in Flora of Madras: pp. 367& 368 (Gamble, J.S., 1967)
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Casearia ovata Willd.,
in Digital Collections, Institut Français de Pondichéry,
Pollen Slides,
consulted on February, 5th 2025, https://ifp.inist.fr/s/ecological-specimens/item/461781