Fahrenheitia zeylanica (Thw.) Airy Shaw
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Description
Photographed at x250; supratectal sculptural elements at different foci and optical section (Figs. 1-3)
Pollen Slide N°
IFP 21770
Code
fahrzeyl
Type
Still image
Creator
IFP Team
Creation Date
[s.d.]
Publisher
Institut français de Pondichéry
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Description
Photographed at x250; supratectal sculptural elements at different foci and optical section (Figs. 1-3)
Pollen Slide N°
IFP 21770
Code
fahrzeyl
Type
Still image
Creator
IFP Team
Creation Date
[s.d.]
Publisher
Institut français de Pondichéry
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Description
Photographed at x250; supratectal sculptural elements at different foci and optical section (Figs. 1-3)
Pollen Slide N°
IFP 21770
Code
fahrzeyl
Type
Still image
Creator
IFP Team
Creation Date
[s.d.]
Publisher
Institut français de Pondichéry
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Description
SEM - inaperturate grain with uniformly patterned exine
Pollen Slide N°
IFP 21770
Code
fahrzeyl
Type
Still image
Creator
IFP Team
Creation Date
[s.d.]
Publisher
Institut français de Pondichéry
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Description
SEM - Close-up of Fig. 4 showing clavae that lack furrows unlike those of Dimorphocalyx; note the tectal ridgs between clavae and the luminal elements
Pollen Slide N°
IFP 21770
Code
fahrzeyl
Type
Still image
Creator
IFP Team
Creation Date
[s.d.]
Publisher
Institut français de Pondichéry
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Description
LO analysis of "Croton" pattern; note the sub-circular outline of clavae in cross section (Figs. 6-8)
Pollen Slide N°
IFP 21770
Code
fahrzeyl
Type
Still image
Creator
IFP Team
Creation Date
[s.d.]
Publisher
Institut français de Pondichéry
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Description
LO analysis of "Croton" pattern; note the sub-circular outline of clavae in cross section (Figs. 6-8)
Pollen Slide N°
IFP 21770
Code
fahrzeyl
Type
Still image
Creator
IFP Team
Creation Date
[s.d.]
Publisher
Institut français de Pondichéry
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Metadata
Description
LO analysis of "Croton" pattern; note the sub-circular outline of clavae in cross section (Figs. 6-8)
Pollen Slide N°
IFP 21770
Code
fahrzeyl
Type
Still image
Creator
IFP Team
Creation Date
[s.d.]
Publisher
Institut français de Pondichéry
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Description
Optical sections of one half of a grain (Fig. 9)
Pollen Slide N°
IFP 21770
Code
fahrzeyl
Type
Still image
Creator
IFP Team
Creation Date
[s.d.]
Publisher
Institut français de Pondichéry
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Description
Optical sections of another half of a grain (Figs. 10)
Pollen Slide N°
IFP 21770
Code
fahrzeyl
Type
Still image
Creator
IFP Team
Creation Date
[s.d.]
Publisher
Institut français de Pondichéry
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Genus
Synonyms
Ostodes zeylanicus M. Arg.
Key
pollen_000050
Collection Object
Basis of Record
Preserved specimen
Recorded By
Collection Code
PIFP
Institution Code
IFP
Code
fahrzeyl
Pollen Slide N°
Pollen Slide N°: IFP 21770
Pollen Slide N°: IFP 21810
Determination
Family
Genus
Specific Epithet
Scientific Name
Scientific Name Authorship
Genus Authorship
Reichb.f.&Zoll.
Morphology
Symmetry and Form
Monad, spherical_to_spheroidal symmetry, apolar, inaperturate (omniaperturate)
Dimensions
Diameter = 66-84 µm
Apertures
Inaperturate (no ectexinal apertural markings) or omniaperturate (uniformly patterned exine and intine underlain by a thick onciform_zone)
Exine
Croton pattern; tectate, exine thickness + sculpturer ±5.0 µm, intraluminal elements present
Remark
A stenopalynous genus [see Punt, W. (1962)]
Tentative Pollen Typification
Croton type
References (Generic Palynology)
LM & SEM (monographs) of Fahrenheitia zeylanica in Tissot, C., Chikhi, H. & Nayar, T.S. (1994)
Location
Continent
Country
State / Province
County / District
Locality
Mahaoya
Ecology and Taxonomy
A lofty tree in evergreen and semi-evergreen forests from 600-1200m. Common. Leaf illustration: Pascal, J-P. & Ramesh, B.R. (1987), fig. 147. Generic and specific (Ostodes Bl. and O. zeylainicus Muell. Arg.) descriptions in Flora of Madras: pp. 934 & 935 (Gamble, J.S., 1967)
Distribution of Species
Western Peninsular India and Sri Lanka. Wesern Ghats: Wayanad, Anaimalai and hills of Malabar and Travancore
Distribution of Genus
4 spp., South India, Sri Lanka, Western Malaysia, Bali (Willis, J.C., 1988). Distribution data for 1 species of Ostodes Bl. in Flora of Madras: pp. 934 & 935 (Gamble, J.S., 1967)
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Fahrenheitia zeylanica (Thw.) Airy Shaw,
in Digital Collections, Institut Français de Pondichéry,
Pollen Slides,
consulted on February, 5th 2025, https://ifp.inist.fr/s/ecological-specimens/item/461804