Madhuca neriifolia H.J.Lam.
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Description
Equatorial view of a 4-stephanocolporate pollen in successive foci; note the perforate (foveolate) exine (Figs. 1-3)
Pollen Slide N°
IFP 21729
Code
madhneri
Type
Still image
Creator
IFP Team
Creation Date
[s.d.]
Publisher
Institut français de Pondichéry
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Description
Equatorial view of a 4-stephanocolporate pollen in successive foci; note the perforate (foveolate) exine (Figs. 1-3)
Pollen Slide N°
IFP 21729
Code
madhneri
Type
Still image
Creator
IFP Team
Creation Date
[s.d.]
Publisher
Institut français de Pondichéry
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Description
Equatorial view of a 4-stephanocolporate pollen in successive foci; note the perforate (foveolate) exine (Figs. 1-3)
Pollen Slide N°
IFP 21729
Code
madhneri
Type
Still image
Creator
IFP Team
Creation Date
[s.d.]
Publisher
Institut français de Pondichéry
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Description
Equatorial view with an intercolpium
Pollen Slide N°
IFP 21729
Code
madhneri
Type
Still image
Creator
IFP Team
Creation Date
[s.d.]
Publisher
Institut français de Pondichéry
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Description
Optical section of Fig. 4
Pollen Slide N°
IFP 21729
Code
madhneri
Type
Still image
Creator
IFP Team
Creation Date
[s.d.]
Publisher
Institut français de Pondichéry
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Description
Polar view of a 4-aperturate grain: focus 2 and optical section (Figs. 6-7)
Pollen Slide N°
IFP 21729
Code
madhneri
Type
Still image
Creator
IFP Team
Creation Date
[s.d.]
Publisher
Institut français de Pondichéry
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Description
Polar view of a 4-aperturate grain: focus 2 and optical section (Figs. 6-7)
Pollen Slide N°
IFP 21729
Code
madhneri
Type
Still image
Creator
IFP Team
Creation Date
[s.d.]
Publisher
Institut français de Pondichéry
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Family
Genus
Synonyms
Bassia malabarica Bedd.
Key
pollen_000081
Collection Object
Basis of Record
Preserved specimen
Recorded By
Event Date
1989-11-14
Catalog Number
Record Number
HIFP DDF0186
Collection Code
PIFP
Institution Code
IFP
Code
madhneri
Pollen Slide N°
Pollen Slide N°: IFP 21729
Determination
Family
Genus
Specific Epithet
Scientific Name
Scientific Name Authorship
Genus Authorship
J.F.Gmel.
Morphology
Symmetry and Form
Monad, radial_symmetry, isopolar, 3-(4-stephano-)colporate, elliptic in equatorial_view, circular to tetrangular in polar_view
Dimensions
Polar_Axis = 38-58 µm; Equatorial_Axis = 39-50 µm
Apertures
Three colpora to four stephanocolpora, colpus elliptic, colpal apex acute, aperture_membrane granular, distance between the adjacent colpal apices 10.0-15.0 µm, margo undifferentiated, costae_colpi present; Os: broadly elliptic, with curved lateral ends, lalongate, oral_costae thin(?)
Exine
Perforate: densely foveolate (diameter ≤0.5 µm), tectate, infratectum columellate, exine thickness: at poles ±2.5 µm; at the mid-point of the intercolpium ±2.5 µm
Remark
A stenopalynous genus
Tentative Pollen Typification
Madhuca type. 12 types and 49 subtypes of Sapotaceae in Harley, M.M. (1991)
References (Generic Palynology)
LM of M. crassipes, M. longifolia, M. malaccensis and M. moonii and LM & SEM of M. neriifolia in De Franceschi, D. (1993: Plates 44 & 45). LM & SEM of Madhuca neriifolia in Tissot, C., Chikhi, H. & Nayar, T.S. (1994); LM, SEM & TEM of Madhuca spp. in Harley, M.M. (1991)
Location
Continent
Country
State / Province
County / District
Locality
Uppangala
Ecology and Taxonomy
A large tree common along streams and river-banks, up to 1000m. Leaf illustration: Pascal, J-P. & Ramesh, B.R. (1987), fig. 370. Generic (Bassia Linn.) description and specific (B. malabarica Bedd.) key in Flora of Madras: pp. 535 & 536 (Gamble, J.S., 1967)
Distribution of Species
India and Sri Lanka. Western Ghats: from South Kanara to Travancore, Anamalai and Tirunelveli hills
Distribution of Genus
85 spp., Indoch., Indomal. (especially W. Malaysia), Australia (Willis, J.C., 1988). Keys and distribution data for 4 pecies of Bassia in Flora of Madras: pp. 535-537 (Gamble, J.S., 1967)
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Madhuca neriifolia H.J.Lam.,
in Digital Collections, Institut Français de Pondichéry,
Pollen Slides,
consulted on February, 5th 2025, https://ifp.inist.fr/s/ecological-specimens/item/461835