Garcinia travancorica Bedd.
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Description
Equatorial view with one protruding pore: in 2 foci (Figs. 1-2)
Pollen Slide N°
IFP 16533
Code
garctrav
Type
Still image
Creator
IFP Team
Creation Date
[s.d.]
Publisher
Institut français de Pondichéry
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Metadata
Description
Equatorial view with one protruding pore: in 2 foci (Figs. 1-2)
Pollen Slide N°
IFP 16533
Code
garctrav
Type
Still image
Creator
IFP Team
Creation Date
[s.d.]
Publisher
Institut français de Pondichéry
License
Metadata
Description
Equatorial view: 3 equatorial pores and 2 sub-equatorial pores along the fold
Pollen Slide N°
IFP 16533
Code
garctrav
Type
Still image
Creator
IFP Team
Creation Date
[s.d.]
Publisher
Institut français de Pondichéry
License
Metadata
Description
Equatorial view with one pore: in 2 foci
Pollen Slide N°
IFP 16533
Code
garctrav
Type
Still image
Creator
IFP Team
Creation Date
[s.d.]
Publisher
Institut français de Pondichéry
License
Metadata
Description
Equatorial view of a folded grain with a pore encircled by broad costa
Pollen Slide N°
IFP 16533
Code
garctrav
Type
Still image
Creator
IFP Team
Creation Date
[s.d.]
Publisher
Institut français de Pondichéry
License
Metadata
Description
Polar view of a 5-aperturate grain: surface (spiny) and optical section (Figs. 6-7)
Pollen Slide N°
IFP 16533
Code
garctrav
Type
Still image
Creator
IFP Team
Creation Date
[s.d.]
Publisher
Institut français de Pondichéry
License
Metadata
Description
Polar view of a 5-aperturate grain: surface (spiny) and optical section (Figs. 6-7)
Pollen Slide N°
IFP 16533
Code
garctrav
Type
Still image
Creator
IFP Team
Creation Date
[s.d.]
Publisher
Institut français de Pondichéry
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Family
Genus
Key
pollen_000056
Collection Object
Basis of Record
Preserved specimen
Recorded By
Record Number
E. Vajravelu-29280
Collection Code
PIFP
Institution Code
IFP
Code
garctrav
Pollen Slide N°
Pollen Slide N°: IFP 16533
Pollen Slide N°: IFP 21783
Determination
Family
Genus
Specific Epithet
Scientific Name
Scientific Name Authorship
Genus Authorship
L.
Morphology
Symmetry and Form
Monad, radial_symmetry, isopolar, 4- to 5-porate, seldom 6-porate, (sub)circular or elliptic ( E > P ) in equatorial_view, 4-6 angular (angulaperturate) in polar_view
Dimensions
Polar_Axis = 32-48 µm; Equatorial_Axis = 40-50 µm
Apertures
Four to five (seldom 6) pori; Porus: ±circular, diameter = 3.5-4.0 µm, distance between the poral apices 13-14 µm, annulus thin(?), aperture_membrane psilate or finely granular(?), poral_costae (±3.0 µm wide) present
Exine
Echinulate (densely spinulate), tectate, infratectum columellate, spinule: 1.0x.02 µm; exine thickness at the mid-point of the intercolpium 1.5-2.0 µm (excluding spinule)
Remark
A eurypalynous genus [see Tissot, C., Chikhi, H. & Nayar, T.S. (1994)]
Tentative Pollen Typification
Garcinia type III
References (Generic Palynology)
LM (micrographs) of Garcinia travancorica in Tissot, C., Chikhi, H. & Nayar, T.S. (1994)
Location
Continent
Country
State / Province
County / District
Locality
way to Naterikal
Maximum Elevation in Meters
1000m
Ecology and Taxonomy
A medium-sized ornamental tree at about 1000m. Occasional. Leaf illustration: Pascal, J-P. & Ramesh, B.R. (1987), fig. 74. Generic description and specific key in Flora of Madras: pp. 51 & 52 (Gamble, J.S., 1967)
Distribution of Species
Western Peninsular India. Western Ghats: South Travancore and Tirunelveli hills. Endemic to Western Ghats. Occasional. Map: Ramesh, B.R. & Pascal, J-P. (1997): Plate N°- 71
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 travancorica Bedd.,
in Digital Collections, Institut Français de Pondichéry,
Pollen Slides,
consulted on February, 5th 2025, https://ifp.inist.fr/s/ecological-specimens/item/461810