Garcinia gummi-gutta (L.) Robsen
Metadata
Description
Equatorial view with a colporus
Pollen Slide N°
IFP 21818
Code
garcgumm
Type
Still image
Creator
IFP Team
Creation Date
[s.d.]
Publisher
Institut français de Pondichéry
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Description
Equatorial view with 2 colpora and an intercolpia: surface to optical section (Figs. 2-4)
Pollen Slide N°
IFP 21818
Code
garcgumm
Type
Still image
Creator
IFP Team
Creation Date
[s.d.]
Publisher
Institut français de Pondichéry
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Metadata
Description
Equatorial view with 2 colpora and an intercolpia: surface to optical section (Figs. 2-4)
Pollen Slide N°
IFP 21818
Code
garcgumm
Type
Still image
Creator
IFP Team
Creation Date
[s.d.]
Publisher
Institut français de Pondichéry
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Metadata
Description
Equatorial view with 2 colpora and an intercolpia: surface to optical section (Figs. 2-4)
Pollen Slide N°
IFP 21818
Code
garcgumm
Type
Still image
Creator
IFP Team
Creation Date
[s.d.]
Publisher
Institut français de Pondichéry
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Metadata
Description
An oblate grain in subequatorial view: surface and optical section (Figs. 5-6)
Pollen Slide N°
IFP 21818
Code
garcgumm
Type
Still image
Creator
IFP Team
Creation Date
[s.d.]
Publisher
Institut français de Pondichéry
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Metadata
Description
An oblate grain in subequatorial view: surface and optical section (Figs. 5-6)
Pollen Slide N°
IFP 21818
Code
garcgumm
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. 7-9)
Pollen Slide N°
IFP 21818
Code
garcgumm
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. 7-9)
Pollen Slide N°
IFP 21818
Code
garcgumm
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. 7-9)
Pollen Slide N°
IFP 21818
Code
garcgumm
Type
Still image
Creator
IFP Team
Creation Date
[s.d.]
Publisher
Institut français de Pondichéry
License
Metadata
Description
Polar view (4-lobed outline) in optical section
Pollen Slide N°
IFP 21818
Code
garcgumm
Type
Still image
Creator
IFP Team
Creation Date
[s.d.]
Publisher
Institut français de Pondichéry
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Family
Genus
Synonyms
Garcinia cambogia Desr.
Key
pollen_000054
Collection Object
Basis of Record
Preserved specimen
Recorded By
Event Date
1979-03-21
Catalog Number
Record Number
HIFP JPP1429
Collection Code
PIFP
Institution Code
IFP
Code
garcgumm
Pollen Slide N°
Pollen Slide N°: IFP 21818
Determination
Family
Genus
Specific Epithet
Scientific Name
Scientific Name Authorship
Genus Authorship
L.
Morphology
Symmetry and Form
Monad, radial_symmetry, isopolar, 4-stephano-colporate, circular or elliptic ( E > P ) in equatorial_view, circular, 4-lobed to subangular in polar_view
Dimensions
Polar_Axis = 23-26 µm; Equatorial_Axis = 23-30 µm
Apertures
Four (five) stephanocolpora (colpora); Colpus: narrowly elliptic, colpus apex obtuse, distance between the adjacent colpal apices 13-14 µm, margo undifferentiated, aperture_membrane finely granular, costae_colpi present(?); Os: elliptic with curved lateral ends, lalongate, oral_costae absent
Exine
Medium_reticulate, mur ±0.8 µm; lumina 1.5-2.0 µm; infratectum columellate, exine thickness at the mid-point of the intercolpium 1.5-2.0 µm
Remark
A eurypalynous genus [see Tissot, C., Chikhi, H. & Nayar, T.S. (1994)]
Tentative Pollen Typification
Garcinia type I
References (Generic Palynology)
LM & SEM (micrographs) of Garcinia gummi-gutta and LM of identical pollen of G. morella in Tissot, C., Chikhi, H. & Nayar, T.S. (1994)
Location
Continent
Country
State / Province
County / District
Locality
Munnar
Ecology and Taxonomy
A small tree up to 2000m. Common in evergreen and lower shola forests. Leaf illustration : Pascal, J-P. & Ramesh, B.R. (1987), fig. 68. Generic description and specific key in Flora of Madras: pp. 51 & 52 (Gamble, J.S., 1967)
Distribution of Species
Western Peninsular India and Sri Lanka. Western Ghats: from Coorg to Travancore. Map: Ramesh, B.R. & Pascal, J-P. (1997): Plate N°- 66
Distribution of Genus
400 spp., Trop. (especially Asia), South Africa (Willis, J.C., 1988). Keys and distribution data for 12 species in Flora of Madras: pp. 51-54 (Gamble, J.S., 1967)
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Garcinia gummi-gutta (L.) Robsen,
in Digital Collections, Institut Français de Pondichéry,
Pollen Slides,
consulted on February, 5th 2025, https://ifp.inist.fr/s/ecological-specimens/item/461808