Dodonaea viscosa Linn.
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Description
Equatorial view showing apertural features, LO analysis of 'scabrate' surface and optical section (Figs. 1-3)
Pollen Slide N°
IFP 21816
Code
dodovisc
Type
Still image
Creator
IFP Team
Creation Date
[s.d.]
Publisher
Institut français de Pondichéry
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Description
Equatorial view showing apertural features, LO analysis of 'scabrate' surface and optical section (Figs. 1-3)
Pollen Slide N°
IFP 21816
Code
dodovisc
Type
Still image
Creator
IFP Team
Creation Date
[s.d.]
Publisher
Institut français de Pondichéry
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Metadata
Description
Equatorial view showing apertural features, LO analysis of 'scabrate' surface and optical section (Figs. 1-3)
Pollen Slide N°
IFP 21816
Code
dodovisc
Type
Still image
Creator
IFP Team
Creation Date
[s.d.]
Publisher
Institut français de Pondichéry
License
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Description
Oblique equatorial view: surface
Pollen Slide N°
IFP 21816
Code
dodovisc
Type
Still image
Creator
IFP Team
Creation Date
[s.d.]
Publisher
Institut français de Pondichéry
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Description
Equatorial view: optical section; note the outline of oval-shaped os
Pollen Slide N°
IFP 21816
Code
dodovisc
Type
Still image
Creator
IFP Team
Creation Date
[s.d.]
Publisher
Institut français de Pondichéry
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Metadata
Description
Polar view: surface to optical section (Figs. 6-8)
Pollen Slide N°
IFP 21816
Code
dodovisc
Type
Still image
Creator
IFP Team
Creation Date
[s.d.]
Publisher
Institut français de Pondichéry
License
Metadata
Description
Polar view: surface to optical section (Figs. 6-8)
Pollen Slide N°
IFP 21816
Code
dodovisc
Type
Still image
Creator
IFP Team
Creation Date
[s.d.]
Publisher
Institut français de Pondichéry
License
Metadata
Description
Polar view: surface to optical section (Figs. 6-8)
Pollen Slide N°
IFP 21816
Code
dodovisc
Type
Still image
Creator
IFP Team
Creation Date
[s.d.]
Publisher
Institut français de Pondichéry
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Family
Genus
Key
pollen_000039
Collection Object
Basis of Record
Preserved specimen
Recorded By
Event Date
1960-12-08
Catalog Number
Record Number
HIFP PhG
Collection Code
PIFP
Institution Code
IFP
Code
dodovisc
Pollen Slide N°
Pollen Slide N°: IFP 287
Pollen Slide N°: IFP 21816
Determination
Family
Genus
Specific Epithet
Scientific Name
Scientific Name Authorship
Genus Authorship
Mill.
Morphology
Symmetry and Form
Monad, radial_symmetry, isopolar, 3-colporate, circular to (sub)circular ( E > P ) in equatorial_view, circular in polar_view
Dimensions
Polar_Axis = 35-39 µm; Equatorial_Axis = 37-40 µm
Apertures
Three colpora, Colpus: elliptic, colpus apex blunt or obtuse, distance between the adjacent colpal apices ±12.0 µm, margo undifferentiated, aperture_membrane psilate, costae_colpi present; Os elliptic with curved lateral ends, lalongate, oral_costae thin or diffuse
Exine
Scabrate or granular, tectate, infratectum columellate, exine thickness: at poles ±2.0 µm; at the mid-point of the intercolpium ±2.0 µm
Remark
Specializations in the wall structure and pollen sculptural diversity in the genus Dodonaea have been briefly commented [see West, J.G. (1984)]
Tentative Pollen Typification
Dodonaea viscosa type
References (Generic Palynology)
SEM (micrograph) of Dodonaea viscosa ssp. angustissima in West, J.G. (1984: Fig. 13).SEM of D. attenuata (dense microverrucate sculpture) in Muller, J. & Leenhouts, P.W. (1976). LM & SEM (tectum perforate, faintly scabrate, scabrae becoming irregularly shaped, closely spaced tuberculate processes) of Dodonaea viscosa in Moar, N.T. (1993, Pl. 36: figs 14-17)
Location
Continent
Country
State / Province
County / District
Locality
Kurumbaloor
Ecology and Taxonomy
A very large tree up to about 1000m. Generic and specific descriptions in Flora of Madras: p. 181 (Gamble, J.S., 1967)
Distribution of Species
Western Ghats: Shola forests up to 2400m. N. Circars, Deccan and Carnatic
Distribution of Genus
60 spp., Trop. & subtrop., especially Australia (Willis, J.C., 1988). Distribution data for 1 species in Flora of Madras: p. 181 (Gamble, J.S., 1967)
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Dodonaea viscosa Linn.,
in Digital Collections, Institut Français de Pondichéry,
Pollen Slides,
consulted on February, 5th 2025, https://ifp.inist.fr/s/ecological-specimens/item/461793