Gomphandra coriacea Wight
Metadata
Description
Equatorial view with a protruding porus
Pollen Slide N°
IFP 21775
Code
gompcori
Type
Still image
Creator
IFP Team
Creation Date
[s.d.]
Publisher
Institut français de Pondichéry
License
Metadata
Description
Two grains in equatorial view one with a protruding porus and another with interporium in optical section
Pollen Slide N°
IFP 21775
Code
gompcori
Type
Still image
Creator
IFP Team
Creation Date
[s.d.]
Publisher
Institut français de Pondichéry
License
Metadata
Description
One grain in equatorial view and two in polar view: in successive foci; note the microspinules and endocracked poral costae (cotae pori); (Figs. 3-6)
Pollen Slide N°
IFP 21775
Code
gompcori
Type
Still image
Creator
IFP Team
Creation Date
[s.d.]
Publisher
Institut français de Pondichéry
License
Metadata
Description
One grain in equatorial view and two in polar view: in successive foci; note the microspinules and endocracked poral costae (cotae pori); (Figs. 3-6)
Pollen Slide N°
IFP 21775
Code
gompcori
Type
Still image
Creator
IFP Team
Creation Date
[s.d.]
Publisher
Institut français de Pondichéry
License
Metadata
Description
One grain in equatorial view and two in polar view: in successive foci; note the microspinules and endocracked poral costae (cotae pori); (Figs. 3-6)
Pollen Slide N°
IFP 21775
Code
gompcori
Type
Still image
Creator
IFP Team
Creation Date
[s.d.]
Publisher
Institut français de Pondichéry
License
Metadata
Description
One grain in equatorial view and two in polar view: in successive foci; note the microspinules and endocracked poral costae (cotae pori); (Figs. 3-6)
Pollen Slide N°
IFP 21775
Code
gompcori
Type
Still image
Creator
IFP Team
Creation Date
[s.d.]
Publisher
Institut français de Pondichéry
License
Family
Genus
Key
pollen_000060
Collection Object
Basis of Record
Preserved specimen
Recorded By
Event Date
1984-02-12
Catalog Number
Record Number
HIFP BRR0897
Collection Code
PIFP
Institution Code
IFP
Code
gompcori
Pollen Slide N°
Pollen Slide N°: IFP 21775
Determination
Family
Genus
Specific Epithet
Scientific Name
Scientific Name Authorship
Genus Authorship
Wall.exLindl.
Morphology
Symmetry and Form
Monad, radial_symmetry, isopolar, 3-porate, elliptic ( E > P ) in equatorial_view triangular (angulaperturate) in polar_view
Dimensions
Polar_Axis = 11-17 µm; Equatorial_Axis = 17-29 µm
Apertures
Three pori; Porus: circular, diameter ±4.0 µm, distance between the adjacent poral apices ±15.0 µm, annulus undifferentiated, aperture_membrane sculptured, costae_pori with distinct endocracks present
Exine
Psilate, micro-spinulate (h= <1.0 µm), bearing spinules (h=1.0 µm); tectate, infratectum columellate, exine thickness at the mid-point of the inter-porium ±1.5 µm (excl. sculpture), endosculpture present
Remark
A stenopalynous genus
Tentative Pollen Typification
Gomphandra type
References (Generic Palynology)
LM (micrographs) of Gomphandra coriacea and LM & SEM of Gomphandra tetrandra (a shrub) in Tissot, C., Chikhi, H. & Nayar, T.S. (1994)
Location
Continent
Country
State / Province
County / District
Locality
Silent Valley
Ecology and Taxonomy
A small tree from 450 to 2300m., common in the sholas usually as undergrowth. Leaf illustration: Pascal, J-P. & Ramesh, B.R. (1987), fig. 194.
Distribution of Species
Western Penisular India and Sri Lanka. Western Ghats: Nilgiris, Palnis, Anaimalai and Travancore hills
Distribution of Genus
33 spp., Southeast Asia to Solomon Islands (Willis, J.C., 1988). Keys and distribution data for 2 species in Flora of Madras: pp. 139 & 140 (Gamble, J.S., 1967)
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Gomphandra coriacea Wight,
in Digital Collections, Institut Français de Pondichéry,
Pollen Slides,
consulted on February, 5th 2025, https://ifp.inist.fr/s/ecological-specimens/item/461814