Mesua ferrea Linn.
Metadata
Description
SEM - an oblique view showing micro-reticulate surface pattern and an oral opening
Pollen Slide N°
IFP 21870
Code
mesuferr
Type
Still image
Creator
IFP Team
Creation Date
[s.d.]
Publisher
Institut français de Pondichéry
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Metadata
Description
SEM - Close-up of Fig. 1
Pollen Slide N°
IFP 21870
Code
mesuferr
Type
Still image
Creator
IFP Team
Creation Date
[s.d.]
Publisher
Institut français de Pondichéry
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Metadata
Description
Equatorial view with an intercolpium and a colporus
Pollen Slide N°
IFP 21870
Code
mesuferr
Type
Still image
Creator
IFP Team
Creation Date
[s.d.]
Publisher
Institut français de Pondichéry
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Metadata
Description
Equatorial view with a colporus, micro-reticulate exine surface
Pollen Slide N°
IFP 21870
Code
mesuferr
Type
Still image
Creator
IFP Team
Creation Date
[s.d.]
Publisher
Institut français de Pondichéry
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Metadata
Description
Mid-focus of Fig. 4 showing lalongate os
Pollen Slide N°
IFP 21870
Code
mesuferr
Type
Still image
Creator
IFP Team
Creation Date
[s.d.]
Publisher
Institut français de Pondichéry
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Metadata
Description
Optical section of Fig. 4
Pollen Slide N°
IFP 21870
Code
mesuferr
Type
Still image
Creator
IFP Team
Creation Date
[s.d.]
Publisher
Institut français de Pondichéry
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Metadata
Description
Equatorial view with an intercolpium showing oral part and exine surface in 2 foci
Pollen Slide N°
IFP 21870
Code
mesuferr
Type
Still image
Creator
IFP Team
Creation Date
[s.d.]
Publisher
Institut français de Pondichéry
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Metadata
Description
Polar view: note the micro-reticulate exine and acute colpal apices
Pollen Slide N°
IFP 21870
Code
mesuferr
Type
Still image
Creator
IFP Team
Creation Date
[s.d.]
Publisher
Institut français de Pondichéry
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Metadata
Description
Focus 2 of Fig. 8
Pollen Slide N°
IFP 21870
Code
mesuferr
Type
Still image
Creator
IFP Team
Creation Date
[s.d.]
Publisher
Institut français de Pondichéry
License
Metadata
Description
Optical section of Fig. 8
Pollen Slide N°
IFP 21870
Code
mesuferr
Type
Still image
Creator
IFP Team
Creation Date
[s.d.]
Publisher
Institut français de Pondichéry
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Family
Genus
Key
pollen_000087
Collection Object
Basis of Record
Preserved specimen
Recorded By
Event Date
1978-03-07
Catalog Number
Record Number
HIFP YNS28
Collection Code
PIFP
Institution Code
IFP
Code
mesuferr
Pollen Slide N°
Pollen Slide N°: IFP 21870
Determination
Family
Genus
Specific Epithet
Scientific Name
Scientific Name Authorship
Genus Authorship
L.
Morphology
Symmetry and Form
Monad, radial_symmetry, isopolar, 3-colporate, spheroidal ( E > P & E < P ) in equatorial_view; circular in polar_view
Dimensions
Polar_Axis = 40-49 µm; Equatorial_Axis = 38-53 µm
Apertures
Three colpora; Colpus elliptic, colpus apex acute, aperture_membrane granular, margo undifferentiated, distance between the adjacent colpal apices ±14.0 µm, costae_colpi absent(?); Os: elliptic rhomboided with curved lateral ends, lalongate, oral_costae absent
Exine
Micro-reticulate, tectate, mur ±0.5 µm, lumina <1.0 µm, infratectum columellate, exine thickness at the mid-point of the intercolpium ±3.0 µm
Remark
A stenopalynous genus
Tentative Pollen Typification
Mesua ferrea type
References (Generic Palynology)
LM & SEM of Mesua ferrea in Tissot, C., Chikhi, H. & Nayar, T.S. (1994)
Location
Continent
Country
State / Province
County / District
Locality
Agumbe
Ecology and Taxonomy
A very tall tree from 300-1500m. Very common. Leaf illustration: Pascal, J-P. & Ramesh, B.R. (1987), fig. 77. Generic and specific descriptions in Flora of Madras: p. 55 (Gamble, J.S., 1967)
Distribution of Species
Indo-malaysia. Western Ghats: from S. Kanara to Travancore
Distribution of Genus
40 spp., Indomal. (Willis, J.C., 1988). Distribution data for 1 species in Flora of Madras: p. 55 (Gamble, J.S., 1967)
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Mesua ferrea Linn.,
in Digital Collections, Institut Français de Pondichéry,
Pollen Slides,
consulted on February, 5th 2025, https://ifp.inist.fr/s/ecological-specimens/item/461841