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Psychotria anamallayana Bedd.

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Description

Equatorial view with a colporus, photographed at x400

Pollen Slide N°

IFP 21840

Code

psycanam

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

Low-focus of Fig. 1

Pollen Slide N°

IFP 21840

Code

psycanam

Type

Still image

Creator

IFP Team

Creation Date

[s.d.]

Publisher

Institut français de Pondichéry

License

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Metadata

Description

Subequatorial view with an intercolpium between two colpora, photographed at x400; note ±circular ora at centres of colpi

Pollen Slide N°

IFP 21840

Code

psycanam

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

Low-focus of Fig. 3

Pollen Slide N°

IFP 21840

Code

psycanam

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 low focus; photographed at x400

Pollen Slide N°

IFP 21840

Code

psycanam

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

Optical section of Fig. 5

Pollen Slide N°

IFP 21840

Code

psycanam

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 low focus

Pollen Slide N°

IFP 21840

Code

psycanam

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

Optical section of Fig. 7

Pollen Slide N°

IFP 21840

Code

psycanam

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: at low focus, photographed at x400

Pollen Slide N°

IFP 21840

Code

psycanam

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

Optical section of Fig. 9

Pollen Slide N°

IFP 21840

Code

psycanam

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

Close-up of Fig. 9 at high focus (Lower part)

Pollen Slide N°

IFP 21840

Code

psycanam

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

Close-up of Fig. 9 at high focus (Upper part)

Pollen Slide N°

IFP 21840

Code

psycanam

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

Mid- and low focus of Fig. 9 (close-up)

Pollen Slide N°

IFP 21840

Code

psycanam

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

Optical section of Fig. 9 (close-up)

Pollen Slide N°

IFP 21840

Code

psycanam

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

Optical section of Fig. 9 (close-up)

Pollen Slide N°

IFP 21840

Code

psycanam

Type

Still image

Creator

IFP Team

Creation Date

[s.d.]

Publisher

Institut français de Pondichéry

License

cc-by-ncCC BY-NC 4.0

Family

RUBIACEAE

Genus

Psychotria

Key

pollen_000104

Collection Object

Basis of Record

Preserved specimen

Recorded By

Narayana Iyer

Collection Code

PIFP

Institution Code

IFP

Source Herbarium

TBGT

Code

psycanam

Pollen Slide N°

Pollen Slide N°: IFP 21840

Determination

Family

RUBIACEAE

Genus

Psychotria

Specific Epithet

anamallayana

Scientific Name

Psychotria anamallayana Bedd.

Scientific Name Authorship

Bedd.

Genus Authorship

L.

Morphology

Symmetry and Form

Monad, radial_symmetry, isopolar, 3-colporate; spheroidal ( E > P ) in equatorial_view; circular in polar_view

Dimensions

Polar_Axis = 50-64 µm; Equatorial_Axis = 55-70 µm

Apertures

Three colpora, colpus broad and elliptic with obtuse apex, margo undifferentiated, aperture membrane psilate, distance between the adjacent colpal apices 20-24 µm, costae_colpi thin(?); Os circular, non-costae

Exine

Coarsely_reticulate, tectate, mur 1.0 µm, lumina 0.5-8.0 µm (heterobrochate), infratectum simplicolumellate, exine thickness at the mid-point of the intercolpium ±3.0-3.5 µm

Remark

A stenopalynous genus

Tentative Pollen Typification

Psychotria type

References (Generic Palynology)

LM of P. congesta in Vasanthy, G. (1976); LM of Psychotria anamallayana and P. flavida in Tissot, C., Chikhi, H. & Nayar, T.S. (1994)

Location

Ecology and Taxonomy

A small tree generally on river banks, at 1000-15000m. Leaf illustration: Pascal, J-P. & Ramesh, B.R. (1987), fig. 333. Generic description and specific key in Flora of Madras: pp. 449 - 451 (Gamble, J.S., 1967)

Distribution of Species

Western Peninsular India; Western Ghats: Anamalai and Travancore hills. Endemic to Western Ghats. Map: Ramesh, B.R. & Pascal, J-P. (1997): Plate N°- 311

Distribution of Genus

700 spp., Warm (Willis, J.C., 1988). Keys and distribution data for 18 species in Flora of Madras: pp.449-453 (Gamble, J.S., 1967)

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Cite as

Psychotria anamallayana Bedd., in Digital Collections, Institut Français de Pondichéry, Pollen Slides, consulted on April, 28th 2025, https://ifp.inist.fr/s/ecological-specimens/item/461858