Prunus ceylanica Miq. L.
Metadata
Description
Equatorial view with a colporus, note the scabrate exine
Pollen Slide N°
IFP 14216
Code
prunceyl
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. 1
Pollen Slide N°
IFP 14216
Code
prunceyl
Type
Still image
Creator
IFP Team
Creation Date
[s.d.]
Publisher
Institut français de Pondichéry
License
Metadata
Description
Optical section of Fig. 1; note the bow-shaped os
Pollen Slide N°
IFP 14216
Code
prunceyl
Type
Still image
Creator
IFP Team
Creation Date
[s.d.]
Publisher
Institut français de Pondichéry
License
Metadata
Description
Equatorial view with an intercolpium showing scabrate surface
Pollen Slide N°
IFP 14216
Code
prunceyl
Type
Still image
Creator
IFP Team
Creation Date
[s.d.]
Publisher
Institut français de Pondichéry
License
Metadata
Description
Optical section of Fig. 4
Pollen Slide N°
IFP 14216
Code
prunceyl
Type
Still image
Creator
IFP Team
Creation Date
[s.d.]
Publisher
Institut français de Pondichéry
License
Metadata
Description
Equatorial view with a colporus, partly in optical section
Pollen Slide N°
IFP 14216
Code
prunceyl
Type
Still image
Creator
IFP Team
Creation Date
[s.d.]
Publisher
Institut français de Pondichéry
License
Metadata
Description
Polar view: exine surface scabrate
Pollen Slide N°
IFP 14216
Code
prunceyl
Type
Still image
Creator
IFP Team
Creation Date
[s.d.]
Publisher
Institut français de Pondichéry
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Metadata
Description
Subpolar view: scabrate surface
Pollen Slide N°
IFP 14216
Code
prunceyl
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 14216
Code
prunceyl
Type
Still image
Creator
IFP Team
Creation Date
[s.d.]
Publisher
Institut français de Pondichéry
License
Key
pollen_000103
Collection Object
Basis of Record
Preserved specimen
Recorded By
Record Number
Jarrett, Saldanha, C.J. & Ramamoorthy-870
Collection Code
PIFP
Institution Code
IFP
Code
prunceyl
Pollen Slide N°
Pollen Slide N°: IFP 14216
Determination
Family
Genus
Specific Epithet
Scientific Name
Scientific Name Authorship
Genus Authorship
L.
Morphology
Symmetry and Form
Monad, radial_symmetry, isopolar, 3-colporate, elliptic in equatorial_view; circular in polar_view
Dimensions
Polar_Axis = 18-27 µm; Equatorial_Axis = 14-29 µm
Apertures
Three colporus; Colpus: elliptic, long, colpus apex acute, distance between the adjacent colpal apices 5-6 µm, margo undifferentiated, aperture_membrane psilate, costae_colpi faint?; Os: with irregular or curved, apparerntly lateral ends, lalongate; oral_costae absent
Exine
Scabrate or feebly foveolate (fovea d= ±0.5 µm), tectate, infratectum columellate, exine thickness at the mid-point of the intercolpium 1.5-2.0 µm
Remark
Classified under Pygeum type; exine surface pattern of Prunus may vary from species to species: Psilate or scabrate or finely_striate or rugulate [see Straka, H. & Friederich, B. (1988)]
Tentative Pollen Typification
Prunus type X
References (Generic Palynology)
LM of Prunus ceylanica in Vasanthy, G. (1976): and Tissot, C., Chikhi, H. & Nayar, T.S. (1994): LM & SEM of Prunus amygdalos show finely striate exine surface (Straka, H. & Friederich, B., 1988: Pl. 96/2: Figs.: 1-8)
Location
Continent
Country
State / Province
County / District
Locality
Raxidi Estate
Ecology and Taxonomy
A large tree from 1000 to 2000m, common. Leaf illustration: Pascal, J-P. & Ramesh, B.R. (1987), fig. 319. Generic (Pygeum Gaertn.) description and specific key (P. sisparense Gamble) in Flora of Madras: pp. 310 & 311 (Gamble, J.S., 1967)
Distribution of Species
Indo-Malaysia; Western Ghats: from South Kanara to the Nilgiri, Palni and Travancore hills
Distribution of Genus
36 spp., North Temperate (Willis, J.C., 1988). Keys and distribution data for 5 species(Pygeum Gaertn.) in Flora of Madras: pp. 310 & 311 (Gamble, J.S., 1967)
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Prunus ceylanica Miq. L.,
in Digital Collections, Institut Français de Pondichéry,
Pollen Slides,
consulted on February, 5th 2025, https://ifp.inist.fr/s/ecological-specimens/item/461857