Filicium decipiens Thw.
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Description
Subequatorial view: colporus in view and optical section (Figs. 1-2)
Pollen Slide N°
IFP 21893
Code
filideci
Type
Still image
Creator
IFP Team
Creation Date
[s.d.]
Publisher
Institut français de Pondichéry
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Description
Subequatorial view: colporus in view and optical section (Figs. 1-2)
Pollen Slide N°
IFP 21893
Code
filideci
Type
Still image
Creator
IFP Team
Creation Date
[s.d.]
Publisher
Institut français de Pondichéry
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Metadata
Description
Subequatorial view showing apertural features, spinules at high and low focus and optical section (Figs. 3-6)
Pollen Slide N°
IFP 21893
Code
filideci
Type
Still image
Creator
IFP Team
Creation Date
[s.d.]
Publisher
Institut français de Pondichéry
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Description
Subequatorial view showing apertural features, spinules at high and low focus and optical section (Figs. 3-6)
Pollen Slide N°
IFP 21893
Code
filideci
Type
Still image
Creator
IFP Team
Creation Date
[s.d.]
Publisher
Institut français de Pondichéry
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Metadata
Description
Subequatorial view showing apertural features, spinules at high and low focus and optical section (Figs. 3-6)
Pollen Slide N°
IFP 21893
Code
filideci
Type
Still image
Creator
IFP Team
Creation Date
[s.d.]
Publisher
Institut français de Pondichéry
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Metadata
Description
Subequatorial view showing apertural features, spinules at high and low focus and optical section (Figs. 3-6)
Pollen Slide N°
IFP 21893
Code
filideci
Type
Still image
Creator
IFP Team
Creation Date
[s.d.]
Publisher
Institut français de Pondichéry
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Description
SEM - equatorial view: note the inter-spinular micro-perforations of the intercolpium
Pollen Slide N°
IFP 21893
Code
filideci
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, intercolpial spinules at high and low focus and optical section (Figs. 8-9)
Pollen Slide N°
IFP 21893
Code
filideci
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, intercolpial spinules at high and low focus and optical section (Figs. 8-9)
Pollen Slide N°
IFP 21893
Code
filideci
Type
Still image
Creator
IFP Team
Creation Date
[s.d.]
Publisher
Institut français de Pondichéry
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Metadata
Description
SEM - polar view: note the inter-spinular micro-perforations of the intercolpium
Pollen Slide N°
IFP 21893
Code
filideci
Type
Still image
Creator
IFP Team
Creation Date
[s.d.]
Publisher
Institut français de Pondichéry
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Description
SEM - Close-up of exine pattern
Pollen Slide N°
IFP 21893
Code
filideci
Type
Still image
Creator
IFP Team
Creation Date
[s.d.]
Publisher
Institut français de Pondichéry
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Description
Polar view: spinules at low focus and optical section (Figs. 12-13)
Pollen Slide N°
IFP 21893
Code
filideci
Type
Still image
Creator
IFP Team
Creation Date
[s.d.]
Publisher
Institut français de Pondichéry
License
Metadata
Description
Polar view: spinules at low focus and optical section (Figs. 12-13)
Pollen Slide N°
IFP 21893
Code
filideci
Type
Still image
Creator
IFP Team
Creation Date
[s.d.]
Publisher
Institut français de Pondichéry
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Family
Genus
Key
pollen_000052
Collection Object
Basis of Record
Preserved specimen
Recorded By
Event Date
1974-01-05
Catalog Number
Record Number
HIFP FB0022
Collection Code
PIFP
Institution Code
IFP
Code
filideci
Pollen Slide N°
Pollen Slide N°: IFP 21893
Determination
Family
Genus
Specific Epithet
Scientific Name
Scientific Name Authorship
Genus Authorship
Thw.exBenth.&Hook.f.
Morphology
Symmetry and Form
Monad, radial_symmetry, isopolar, elliptic ( E > P ) in equatorial_view, (sub)circular to (sub)triangular (angulaperturate) in polar_view
Dimensions
Polar_Axis = 18-22 µm; Equatorial_Axis = 20-27 µm
Apertures
3-colpora; Colpus: elliptic, colpus apex acute, distance between the adjacent colpal apices 10.0-15.0 µm, margo undifferentiated, aperture_membrane psilate, costae_colpi present(?); Os: elliptic (3x5 µm) with curved lateral ends, lalongate, oral_costae distinct
Exine
Echinulate, spinules (h=±1.0 µm), tectate, infratectum columellate, exine: at poles ±2.0 µm, at the mid-point of the intercolpium ±2.0 µm (excl. sculpture)
Remark
A stenopalynous genus ["Filicium type" in Muller, J., Schuller, M., Straka, H. & Freiderich, B. (1989)]
Tentative Pollen Typification
Filicium decipiens type
References (Generic Palynology)
LM & SEM (micrographs) of Filicium decipiens in Tissot, C., Chikhi, H. & Nayar, T.S. (1994). LM of F. decipiens and F. longiflorum in Muller, J., Schuller, M., Straka, H. & Freiderich, B. (1989)
Location
Continent
Country
State / Province
County / District
Locality
Sengaltheri, Travancore
Ecology and Taxonomy
A handsome tree in somewhat dry localities up to about 1700m. Often planted. Occasional. Leaf illustration: Pascal, J-P. & Ramesh, B.R. (1987), fig. 361. Generic and specific descriptions in Flora of Madras: pp. 177 & 178 (Gamble, J.S., 1967)
Distribution of Species
South India and Sri Lanka. Western Ghats: from Malabar and Nilgiris to Travancore and Tirunelveli hills
Distribution of Genus
3 spp., Tropical Africa and Asia (Willis, J.C., 1988). Distribution data for 1 species in Flora of Madras. pp. 177 & 178 (Gamble, J.S., 1967)
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Filicium decipiens Thw.,
in Digital Collections, Institut Français de Pondichéry,
Pollen Slides,
consulted on February, 5th 2025, https://ifp.inist.fr/s/ecological-specimens/item/461806