Strombosia ceylanica Gardn.
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Description
Equatorial view with a colporus; note the equatorial convolution of colpus, ill-defined os and psilate exine
Pollen Slide N°
IFP 21777
Code
stroceyl
Type
Still image
Creator
IFP Team
Creation Date
[s.d.]
Publisher
Institut français de Pondichéry
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Description
Low-focus of Fig. 1
Pollen Slide N°
IFP 21777
Code
stroceyl
Type
Still image
Creator
IFP Team
Creation Date
[s.d.]
Publisher
Institut français de Pondichéry
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Description
Equatorial view with a colporus; note the equatorial constriction of colpus
Pollen Slide N°
IFP 21777
Code
stroceyl
Type
Still image
Creator
IFP Team
Creation Date
[s.d.]
Publisher
Institut français de Pondichéry
License
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Description
Low-focus of Fig. 3
Pollen Slide N°
IFP 21777
Code
stroceyl
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 at high focus
Pollen Slide N°
IFP 21777
Code
stroceyl
Type
Still image
Creator
IFP Team
Creation Date
[s.d.]
Publisher
Institut français de Pondichéry
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Metadata
Description
Low-focus of Fig. 5
Pollen Slide N°
IFP 21777
Code
stroceyl
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. 5
Pollen Slide N°
IFP 21777
Code
stroceyl
Type
Still image
Creator
IFP Team
Creation Date
[s.d.]
Publisher
Institut français de Pondichéry
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Metadata
Description
Subpolar view: psilate exine
Pollen Slide N°
IFP 21777
Code
stroceyl
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 21777
Code
stroceyl
Type
Still image
Creator
IFP Team
Creation Date
[s.d.]
Publisher
Institut français de Pondichéry
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Genus
Key
pollen_000112
Collection Object
Basis of Record
Preserved specimen
Recorded By
Record Number
Talbot-1736
Collection Code
PIFP
Institution Code
IFP
Code
stroceyl
Pollen Slide N°
Pollen Slide N°: IFP 21777
Determination
Family
Genus
Specific Epithet
Scientific Name
Scientific Name Authorship
Genus Authorship
Blume
Morphology
Symmetry and Form
Monad, radial_symmetry, isopolar, 3-colporate, elliptic in equatorial_view, subtriangular (angulaperturate) in polar_view
Dimensions
Polar_Axis = 19-24 µm; Equatorial_Axis = 18-25 µm
Apertures
Three colpora; Colpus, elliptic, broad (± 3.0 µm) but constricted at the equator, colpus apex acute, aperture_membrane psilate, distance between the adjacent colpal apices 5.0-8.0 µm, margo undifferentiated, costae_colpi present; Os: ill-defined, circular(?), oral_costae absent
Exine
Psilate, tectate, infratectum columellate, exine thickness at the mid-point of the intercolpium ±1.5 µm
Remark
A stenopalynous genus
Tentative Pollen Typification
Strombosia ceylanica type
References (Generic Palynology)
LM of Strombosia ceylanica in Tissot, C., Chikhi, H. & Nayar, T.S. (1994): LM & SEM (convoluted structure of exine) of S. grandifolia in Sowunmi, M.A. (1995)
Location
Continent
Country
State / Province
County / District
Ecology and Taxonomy
A large tree abundant throughout the Western Ghats, especially in Travancore. Leaf illustration: Pascal, J-P. & Ramesh, B.R. (1987), fig. 305. Generic and specific descriptions in Flora of Madras: p. 137 (Gamble, J.S., 1967)
Distribution of Species
Western Peninsular India and Sri Lanka. Western Ghats: from South Kanara southwards
Distribution of Genus
17 spp., Trop. Africa, India, Sri Lanka, Burma, W. Malaysia (Willis, J.C., 1988). Distribution data for 1 species in Flora of Madras: p. 137 (Gamble, J.S., 1967)
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Strombosia ceylanica Gardn.,
in Digital Collections, Institut Français de Pondichéry,
Pollen Slides,
consulted on February, 5th 2025, https://ifp.inist.fr/s/ecological-specimens/item/461866