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Macaranga peltata Muell. Arg.

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Description

Equatorial view with a colporus; exine apparently scabrate (Figs. 1-2)

Pollen Slide N°

IFP 12931

Code

macapelt

Type

Still image

Creator

IFP Team

Creation Date

[s.d.]

Publisher

Institut français de Pondichéry

License

cc-by-ncCC BY-NC 4.0

Metadata

Description

Equatorial view with a colporus; exine apparently scabrate (Figs. 1-2)

Pollen Slide N°

IFP 12931

Code

macapelt

Type

Still image

Creator

IFP Team

Creation Date

[s.d.]

Publisher

Institut français de Pondichéry

License

cc-by-ncCC BY-NC 4.0

Metadata

Description

Equatorial view with an intercolpium in successive foci (Figs. 3-5)

Pollen Slide N°

IFP 12931

Code

macapelt

Type

Still image

Creator

IFP Team

Creation Date

[s.d.]

Publisher

Institut français de Pondichéry

License

cc-by-ncCC BY-NC 4.0

Metadata

Description

Equatorial view with an intercolpium in successive foci (Figs. 3-5)

Pollen Slide N°

IFP 12931

Code

macapelt

Type

Still image

Creator

IFP Team

Creation Date

[s.d.]

Publisher

Institut français de Pondichéry

License

cc-by-ncCC BY-NC 4.0

Metadata

Description

Equatorial view with an intercolpium in successive foci (Figs. 3-5)

Pollen Slide N°

IFP 12931

Code

macapelt

Type

Still image

Creator

IFP Team

Creation Date

[s.d.]

Publisher

Institut français de Pondichéry

License

cc-by-ncCC BY-NC 4.0

Metadata

Description

SEM - polar view showing apparently psilate surface strewn with micro-spinules

Pollen Slide N°

IFP 12931

Code

macapelt

Type

Still image

Creator

IFP Team

Creation Date

[s.d.]

Publisher

Institut français de Pondichéry

License

cc-by-ncCC BY-NC 4.0

Metadata

Description

Polar view showing apparently "granular" surface and optically sectioned exine (Figs. 7-8)

Pollen Slide N°

IFP 12931

Code

macapelt

Type

Still image

Creator

IFP Team

Creation Date

[s.d.]

Publisher

Institut français de Pondichéry

License

cc-by-ncCC BY-NC 4.0

Metadata

Description

Polar view showing apparently "granular" surface and optically sectioned exine (Figs. 7-8)

Pollen Slide N°

IFP 12931

Code

macapelt

Type

Still image

Creator

IFP Team

Creation Date

[s.d.]

Publisher

Institut français de Pondichéry

License

cc-by-ncCC BY-NC 4.0

Family

EUPHORBIACEAE

Genus

Macaranga

Key

pollen_000080

Collection Object

Basis of Record

Preserved specimen

Recorded By

C.J. Saldanha

Record Number

Saldanha, C.J.-15490

Collection Code

PIFP

Institution Code

IFP

Source Herbarium

JCB

Code

macapelt

Pollen Slide N°

Pollen Slide N°: IFP 12931

Determination

Family

EUPHORBIACEAE

Genus

Macaranga

Specific Epithet

peltata

Scientific Name

Macaranga peltata Muell. Arg.

Scientific Name Authorship

Muell. Arg.

Genus Authorship

Thou.

Morphology

Symmetry and Form

Monad, radial_symmetry, isopolar, 3-colporate; elliptic in equatorial_view; circular to 3-lobed in polar_view

Dimensions

Polar_Axis = 17-21 µm; Equatorial_Axis = 13-20 µm

Apertures

Three colpora, colpus elliptic, colpus apex acute, aperture_membrane psilate, distance between the adjacent colpal apices 5.0 µm, margo undifferentiated, costae_colpi present; Os: elliptic (4.5x180.0 µm) with irregular or wavy lateral ends, lalongate, oral_costae present

Exine

Micro-echinulate, tectate, spinule height <0.5 µm, infratectum columellate, exine thickness at the mid-point of the intercolpium ±1.2 µm; at poles ±1.5 µm

Remark

A stenopalynous genus

Tentative Pollen Typification

Macaranga type; 3 spp. Of Macaranga as Mallotus subtype (Punt, W. 1962)

References (Generic Palynology)

LM of Macaranga peltata in Tissot, C., Chikhi, H. & Nayar, T.S. (1994); SEM of 3 spp. of Macaranga in Fernandez-Gonzalez & Lobreau-Callen, D. (1996)

Location

Continent

Asia

Country

India

State / Province

Karnataka

County / District

Hassan

Locality

Vanagur

Ecology and Taxonomy

A quick growing resinuous tree, common in the Ghats along roadsides and forest clearings up to 900m. Leaf illustration: Pascal, J-P. & Ramesh, B.R. (1987), fig. 152. Generic description and specific key in Flora of Madras: p. 927 (Gamble, J.S., 1967)

Distribution of Species

Western Peninsular India and Sri Lanka; N. Circars, in hill valleys, especially in Rampa; Deccan, hills of Cuddapah; Western Ghats: in all Districts

Distribution of Genus

280 spp., Trop. Africa, Madagascar, Indomal., Australia, Pacific (Willis, J.C., 1988). Keys and distribution data for 3 species in Flora of Madras: pp. 927 & 928. (Gamble, J.S., 1967)

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Cite as

Macaranga peltata Muell. Arg., in Digital Collections, Institut Français de Pondichéry, Pollen Slides, consulted on February, 5th 2025, https://ifp.inist.fr/s/ecological-specimens/item/461834