Semecarpus auriculata Bedd.
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Description
SEM - equatorial view showing a colporus with granular colpal membrane and paracolpium tending to be striate (diffused margo)
Pollen Slide N°
IFP 21765
Code
semeauri
Type
Still image
Creator
IFP Team
Creation Date
[s.d.]
Publisher
Institut français de Pondichéry
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Equatorial view with a colporus; medium showing striato-reticulate exine
Pollen Slide N°
IFP 21765
Code
semeauri
Type
Still image
Creator
IFP Team
Creation Date
[s.d.]
Publisher
Institut français de Pondichéry
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Description
Focus 2 of Fig. 2
Pollen Slide N°
IFP 21765
Code
semeauri
Type
Still image
Creator
IFP Team
Creation Date
[s.d.]
Publisher
Institut français de Pondichéry
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Description
Optical section of Fig. 2
Pollen Slide N°
IFP 21765
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semeauri
Type
Still image
Creator
IFP Team
Creation Date
[s.d.]
Publisher
Institut français de Pondichéry
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Equatorial view with a colporus and parts of striato-reticulate intercolpia
Pollen Slide N°
IFP 21765
Code
semeauri
Type
Still image
Creator
IFP Team
Creation Date
[s.d.]
Publisher
Institut français de Pondichéry
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Description
Optical section of Fig. 5
Pollen Slide N°
IFP 21765
Code
semeauri
Type
Still image
Creator
IFP Team
Creation Date
[s.d.]
Publisher
Institut français de Pondichéry
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SEM - equatorial view with an intercolpium; striato-reticulate exine and granular colpal membranes
Pollen Slide N°
IFP 21765
Code
semeauri
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 21765
Code
semeauri
Type
Still image
Creator
IFP Team
Creation Date
[s.d.]
Publisher
Institut français de Pondichéry
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Description
SEM - subpolar view showing striato-reticulate exine surface and sculptured colpal membrane
Pollen Slide N°
IFP 21765
Code
semeauri
Type
Still image
Creator
IFP Team
Creation Date
[s.d.]
Publisher
Institut français de Pondichéry
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Description
Subpolar view showing striato-reticulate exine and acute colpal apices
Pollen Slide N°
IFP 21765
Code
semeauri
Type
Still image
Creator
IFP Team
Creation Date
[s.d.]
Publisher
Institut français de Pondichéry
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Description
Another shot of Fig. 10 showing LO analysis of striato-reticulate exine
Pollen Slide N°
IFP 21765
Code
semeauri
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. 10
Pollen Slide N°
IFP 21765
Code
semeauri
Type
Still image
Creator
IFP Team
Creation Date
[s.d.]
Publisher
Institut français de Pondichéry
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Genus
Key
pollen_000111
Collection Object
Basis of Record
Preserved specimen
Recorded By
Record Number
Bourdillon-390
Collection Code
PIFP
Institution Code
IFP
Code
semeauri
Pollen Slide N°
Pollen Slide N°: IFP 21765
Determination
Family
Genus
Specific Epithet
Scientific Name
Scientific Name Authorship
Genus Authorship
L.f.
Morphology
Symmetry and Form
Monad, radial_symmetry, isopolar, 3-colporate; elliptic in equatorial_view; circular in polar_view
Dimensions
Polar_Axis = 31-46 µm; Equatorial_Axis = 26-40 µm
Apertures
Three colpora; Colpus, elliptic, colpus apex acute, aperture_membrane granular (SEM, Figs. 1 & 9), distance between the adjacent colpal apices 7-10 µm, margo undifferentiated, costae_colpi present; Os: elliptic(?) irregular(?), lateral ends, lalongate, oral_costae present
Exine
Striato-reticulate, tectate, mur ±0.5 µm, lumina ±1.0 µm, infratectum columellate, exine thickness at the mid-point of the intercolpium ±2.0 µm
Remark
A stenopalynous genus
Tentative Pollen Typification
Semecarpus type
References (Generic Palynology)
LM & SEM of Semecarpus auriculata and LM of S. travancorica in Tissot, C., Chikhi, H. & Nayar, T.S. (1994)
Location
Ecology and Taxonomy
A medium-sized tree up to 1000m. in the evergreen forests of Travancore and Tinnevelly. Occasional. Leaf illustration: Pascal, J-P. & Ramesh, B.R. (1987), fig. 12. Generic description and specific key in Flora of Madras: pp. 189 & 190 (Gamble, J.S., 1967)
Distribution of Species
Western Peninsular India, Western Ghats: from Coorg southwards. Endemic to Western Ghats. Map: Ramesh, B.R. & Pascal, J-P. (1997): Plate N°- 14
Distribution of Genus
50 spp., Indomal., Micronesia, Solomon Islands (Willis, J.C., 1988). Keys and distribution data for 3 species in Flora of Madras: pp. 189 & 190 (Gamble, J.S., 1967)
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Semecarpus auriculata Bedd.,
in Digital Collections, Institut Français de Pondichéry,
Pollen Slides,
consulted on February, 5th 2025, https://ifp.inist.fr/s/ecological-specimens/item/461865