Vateria indica Linn.
Metadata
Description
SEM - equatorial view of a spheroidal grain with a colpus showing micro-reticulate exine and torn granular colpal membrane
Pollen Slide N°
IFP 12521
Code
vateindi
Type
Still image
Creator
IFP Team
Creation Date
[s.d.]
Publisher
Institut français de Pondichéry
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Description
SEM - equatorial view of an oblate grain with a colpus showing micro-reticulate exine and torn granular colpal membrane
Pollen Slide N°
IFP 12521
Code
vateindi
Type
Still image
Creator
IFP Team
Creation Date
[s.d.]
Publisher
Institut français de Pondichéry
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Description
Equatorial view of a spheroidal grain with a colpus showing micro-reticulate exine and torn granular colpal membrane
Pollen Slide N°
IFP 12521
Code
vateindi
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. 3
Pollen Slide N°
IFP 12521
Code
vateindi
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. 3
Pollen Slide N°
IFP 12521
Code
vateindi
Type
Still image
Creator
IFP Team
Creation Date
[s.d.]
Publisher
Institut français de Pondichéry
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Metadata
Description
Another grain in equatorial view with a colpus
Pollen Slide N°
IFP 12521
Code
vateindi
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. 6
Pollen Slide N°
IFP 12521
Code
vateindi
Type
Still image
Creator
IFP Team
Creation Date
[s.d.]
Publisher
Institut français de Pondichéry
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Metadata
Description
Equatorial view of a grain with an intercolpium
Pollen Slide N°
IFP 12521
Code
vateindi
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. 8
Pollen Slide N°
IFP 12521
Code
vateindi
Type
Still image
Creator
IFP Team
Creation Date
[s.d.]
Publisher
Institut français de Pondichéry
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Metadata
Description
SEM - polar view
Pollen Slide N°
IFP 12521
Code
vateindi
Type
Still image
Creator
IFP Team
Creation Date
[s.d.]
Publisher
Institut français de Pondichéry
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Metadata
Description
Polar view
Pollen Slide N°
IFP 12521
Code
vateindi
Type
Still image
Creator
IFP Team
Creation Date
[s.d.]
Publisher
Institut français de Pondichéry
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Metadata
Description
Mid-and low focus of Fig. 11
Pollen Slide N°
IFP 12521
Code
vateindi
Type
Still image
Creator
IFP Team
Creation Date
[s.d.]
Publisher
Institut français de Pondichéry
License
Metadata
Description
Optical section of Fig. 11
Pollen Slide N°
IFP 12521
Code
vateindi
Type
Still image
Creator
IFP Team
Creation Date
[s.d.]
Publisher
Institut français de Pondichéry
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Family
Genus
Key
pollen_000122
Collection Object
Basis of Record
Preserved specimen
Recorded By
Record Number
Saldanha, C.J.-16509
Collection Code
PIFP
Institution Code
IFP
Code
vateindi
Pollen Slide N°
Pollen Slide N°: IFP 12521
Determination
Family
Genus
Specific Epithet
Scientific Name
Scientific Name Authorship
Genus Authorship
L.
Morphology
Symmetry and Form
Monad, radial_symmetry, isopolar, 3-colpate, elliptic ( E > P & E < P ) to spheroidal in equatorial_view, circular in polar_view
Dimensions
Polar_Axis = 21-26 µm; Equatorial_Axis = 21-27 µm
Apertures
Three colpi; Colpus: elliptic and long, colpus apex acute, distance between the adjacent colpal apices ±8.0 µm, aperture_membrane granular, margo undifferentiated, costae_colpi absent
Exine
Microperforate (d = ±0.5 µm), granulo-ruguloid (OL), apparently micro-reticuloid (SEM), tectate, infratectum columellate, exine thickness at the mid-point of the intercolpium ±2.0 µm. Under SEM microtriangular tectal units are arranged around the pits in rosettiform rings (see Tissot, C., Chikhi, H. & Nayar, T.S. 1994: pl.20)
Remark
A stenopalynous genus
Tentative Pollen Typification
Vateria indica type
References (Generic Palynology)
LM & SEM of Vateria indica in Tissot, C., Chikhi, H. & Nayar, T.S. (1994)
Location
Continent
Country
State / Province
County / District
Locality
Bisle Ghat
Ecology and Taxonomy
A very large resinuous tree at low elevations, up to 1200m, very often planted. Common. Timber is used for plywood. Leaf illustration: Pascal, J-P. & Ramesh, B.R. (1987), fig. 99. Generic and specific descriptions in Flora of Madras: p. 61 (Gamble, J.S., 1967)
Distribution of Species
Western Peninsular India; Western Ghats: from South Kanara to Tirunelveli hills. Endemic to Western Ghats. Map: Ramesh, B.R. & Pascal, J-P. (1997): Plate N°- 88
Distribution of Genus
21 spp., Seychelles, South India, Sri Lanka (Willis, J.C., 1988). Distribution data for 1 species in Flora of Madras: p. 61 (Gamble, J.S., 1967)
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Vateria indica Linn.,
in Digital Collections, Institut Français de Pondichéry,
Pollen Slides,
consulted on February, 5th 2025, https://ifp.inist.fr/s/ecological-specimens/item/461876