Leptonychia moacurroides Bedd.
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Description
Equatorial view of oblate, brevicolpate pollen; note the intraluminal elements, and margo surrounded by meshes (Figs. 1-3)
Pollen Slide N°
IFP 21901
Code
leptmoac
Type
Still image
Creator
IFP Team
Creation Date
[s.d.]
Publisher
Institut français de Pondichéry
License
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Description
Equatorial view of oblate, brevicolpate pollen; note the intraluminal elements, and margo surrounded by meshes (Figs. 1-3)
Pollen Slide N°
IFP 21901
Code
leptmoac
Type
Still image
Creator
IFP Team
Creation Date
[s.d.]
Publisher
Institut français de Pondichéry
License
Metadata
Description
Equatorial view of oblate, brevicolpate pollen; note the intraluminal elements, and margo surrounded by meshes (Figs. 1-3)
Pollen Slide N°
IFP 21901
Code
leptmoac
Type
Still image
Creator
IFP Team
Creation Date
[s.d.]
Publisher
Institut français de Pondichéry
License
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Description
SEM - polar view: lumina with many intraluminal elements (d = 0.2-0.3 µm)
Pollen Slide N°
IFP 21901
Code
leptmoac
Type
Still image
Creator
IFP Team
Creation Date
[s.d.]
Publisher
Institut français de Pondichéry
License
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Description
SEM - Close up of Fig. 4
Pollen Slide N°
IFP 21901
Code
leptmoac
Type
Still image
Creator
IFP Team
Creation Date
[s.d.]
Publisher
Institut français de Pondichéry
License
Metadata
Description
Polar view: note the slightly larger lumina of polar area and colpal (margo), and intraluminal elements (Figs. 6-9)
Pollen Slide N°
IFP 21901
Code
leptmoac
Type
Still image
Creator
IFP Team
Creation Date
[s.d.]
Publisher
Institut français de Pondichéry
License
Metadata
Description
Polar view: note the slightly larger lumina of polar area and colpal (margo), and intraluminal elements (Figs. 6-9)
Pollen Slide N°
IFP 21901
Code
leptmoac
Type
Still image
Creator
IFP Team
Creation Date
[s.d.]
Publisher
Institut français de Pondichéry
License
Metadata
Description
Polar view: note the slightly larger lumina of polar area and colpal (margo), and intraluminal elements (Figs. 6-9)
Pollen Slide N°
IFP 21901
Code
leptmoac
Type
Still image
Creator
IFP Team
Creation Date
[s.d.]
Publisher
Institut français de Pondichéry
License
Metadata
Description
Polar view: note the slightly larger lumina of polar area and colpal (margo), and intraluminal elements (Figs. 6-9)
Pollen Slide N°
IFP 21901
Code
leptmoac
Type
Still image
Creator
IFP Team
Creation Date
[s.d.]
Publisher
Institut français de Pondichéry
License
Family
Genus
Key
pollen_000076
Collection Object
Basis of Record
Preserved specimen
Recorded By
Event Date
1985-03-24
Catalog Number
Record Number
HIFP BRR1184
Collection Code
PIFP
Institution Code
IFP
Code
leptmoac
Pollen Slide N°
Pollen Slide N°: IFP 21901
Determination
Family
Genus
Specific Epithet
Scientific Name
Scientific Name Authorship
Genus Authorship
Turcz.
Morphology
Symmetry and Form
Monad, radial_symmetry, isopolar, 3-(2, 4) colpate, elliptic ( E > P ) in equatorial_view, elliptic (2 colpate), circular or 3-4 lobed (3-4 colpate) in polar_view
Dimensions
Polar_Axis = 17-20 µm; Equatorial_Axis = 23-30 µm
Apertures
Three colpi, sometimes 2 colpi and seldom 4 colpi; Colpus: narrowly elliptic, much shorter than P axis (brevicolpus), colpus apex acute, distance between the adjacent colpal apices 12-15 µm, margo smooth surrounded by reticulum, aperture_membrane psilate, costae_colpi thin or absent
Exine
Medium_reticulate, tectate, mur ±1.0 µm; lumina 1.0-2.5 µm, intraluminal elements present, exine thickness at the mid-point of the intercolpium 1.0-1.5 µm
Remark
A stenopalynous genus
Tentative Pollen Typification
Leptonychia moacurroides type
References (Generic Palynology)
LM & SEM of Leptonychia moacuroides in Tissot, C., Chikhi, H. & Nayar, T.S. (1994)
Location
Continent
Country
State / Province
County / District
Locality
Uppangala
Ecology and Taxonomy
A small tree up to 1300m. Occasional. Leaf ilustration: Pascal, J-P. & Ramesh, B.R. (1987), fig. 378. Generic and specific descriptions in Flora of Madras: p. 80 (Gamble, J.S., 1967)
Distribution of Species
Western Peninsular India. Western Ghats: from the Carcoor Ghats in Wayanad and hills of Coimbatore, Tirunelveli and Travancore. Endemic to Western Ghats. Map: Ramesh, B.R. & Pascal, J-P. (1997): Plate N°- 339
Distribution of Genus
30 spp., Tropical Africa, South India, Burma, Western Malaysia (exc. Java), New Guinea (Willis, J.C., 1988). Distribution data for 1 species in Flora of Madras: p. 80 (Gamble, J.S., 1967)
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Leptonychia moacurroides Bedd.,
in Digital Collections, Institut Français de Pondichéry,
Pollen Slides,
consulted on February, 5th 2025, https://ifp.inist.fr/s/ecological-specimens/item/461830