Cullenia exarillata A. Robyns
Metadata
Description
Oblique equatorial view (photographed at x400): intercolpium and apertures (Figs. 1-2)
Pollen Slide N°
IFP 14679
Code
cullexar
Type
Still image
Creator
IFP Team
Creation Date
[s.d.]
Publisher
Institut français de Pondichéry
License
Metadata
Description
Oblique equatorial view (photographed at x400): intercolpium and apertures (Figs. 1-2)
Pollen Slide N°
IFP 14679
Code
cullexar
Type
Still image
Creator
IFP Team
Creation Date
[s.d.]
Publisher
Institut français de Pondichéry
License
Metadata
Description
SEM - enlarged view: in and around a colporate aperture; note the psilate margo bordering the short colpus ("brevicolpus") and the oral opening
Pollen Slide N°
IFP 14679
Code
cullexar
Type
Still image
Creator
IFP Team
Creation Date
[s.d.]
Publisher
Institut français de Pondichéry
License
Metadata
Description
Analysis of colpus and os at successive foci; note the short colpus, granular colpal membrane, circular os, and granuloid or "spongy" oral costa (Figs. 4-6)
Pollen Slide N°
IFP 14679
Code
cullexar
Type
Still image
Creator
IFP Team
Creation Date
[s.d.]
Publisher
Institut français de Pondichéry
License
Metadata
Description
Analysis of colpus and os at successive foci; note the short colpus, granular colpal membrane, circular os, and granuloid or "spongy" oral costa (Figs. 4-6)
Pollen Slide N°
IFP 14679
Code
cullexar
Type
Still image
Creator
IFP Team
Creation Date
[s.d.]
Publisher
Institut français de Pondichéry
License
Metadata
Description
Analysis of colpus and os at successive foci; note the short colpus, granular colpal membrane, circular os, and granuloid or "spongy" oral costa (Figs. 4-6)
Pollen Slide N°
IFP 14679
Code
cullexar
Type
Still image
Creator
IFP Team
Creation Date
[s.d.]
Publisher
Institut français de Pondichéry
License
Metadata
Description
Polar view (photographed at x400): optical section
Pollen Slide N°
IFP 14679
Code
cullexar
Type
Still image
Creator
IFP Team
Creation Date
[s.d.]
Publisher
Institut français de Pondichéry
License
Metadata
Description
Polar view: optical section of a colporate aperture showing ectexinal margo, the endexinal oral costa and the "granuloid" oral costal "bridge"
Pollen Slide N°
IFP 14679
Code
cullexar
Type
Still image
Creator
IFP Team
Creation Date
[s.d.]
Publisher
Institut français de Pondichéry
License
Family
Genus
Synonyms
Cullenia excelsa Wight
Key
pollen_000033
Collection Object
Basis of Record
Preserved specimen
Recorded By
Event Date
1976-02-07
Catalog Number
Record Number
HIFP JPP0732
Collection Code
PIFP
Institution Code
IFP
Code
cullexar
Pollen Slide N°
Pollen Slide N°: IFP 14679
Determination
Family
Genus
Specific Epithet
Scientific Name
Scientific Name Authorship
Genus Authorship
Wight
Morphology
Symmetry and Form
Monad, radial_symmetry, isopolar, 3-colporate, elliptic ( E > P & E < P ) or spheroidal in equatorial_view, circular in polar_view
Dimensions
Polar_Axis = 65-78 µm; Equatorial_Axis = 64-92 µm
Apertures
Three colpora; Colpus: very short (brevicolpus: much shorter than Polar_Axis) and broadly elliptic (±8x19 µm), colpus apex obtuse, distance between the adjacent colpal apices 55.0-60 µm, margo psilate, ±2.0 µm wide, aperture_membrane granular, costae_colpi absent; Os circular (d= 10-11 µm), oral_costae ( with endocracks ) present
Exine
Psilate, tectate, infratectum columellate, exine thicknes: at the mid-point of the intercolpium ±2.5 µm
Remark
A stenopalynous genus
Tentative Pollen Typification
Cullenia exarillata type
References (Generic Palynology)
LM & SEM (micrographs) of Cullenia exarillata in Tissot, C., Chikhi, H. & Nayar, T.S. (1994)
Location
Continent
Country
State / Province
County / District
Locality
Kakki Forest
Ecology and Taxonomy
A tall buttressed tree up to 1300m. Leaf illustration: Pascal, J-P. & Ramesh, B.R. (1987), fig. 51. Generic and specific descriptions in Flora of Madras: pp. 72 & 73 (Gamble, J.S., 1967)
Distribution of Species
Western Peninsular India and Sri Lanka. Western Ghats: from Brahmagiri Ghats southwards up to 1300m
Distribution of Genus
3 spp., South India, Sri Lanka (Willis, J.C., 1988). Distribution data for 1 species in Flora of Madras: pp. 72 & 73 (Gamble, J.S., 1967)
Reuse
License
Cite as
Cullenia exarillata A. Robyns,
in Digital Collections, Institut Français de Pondichéry,
Pollen Slides,
consulted on February, 5th 2025, https://ifp.inist.fr/s/ecological-specimens/item/461787