Vepris bilocularis Engl.
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Description
Equatorial view with one colporus showing striate exine
Pollen Slide N°
IFP 14313
Code
veprbilo
Type
Still image
Creator
IFP Team
Creation Date
[s.d.]
Publisher
Institut français de Pondichéry
License
Metadata
Description
Mid-focus of Fig. 1
Pollen Slide N°
IFP 14313
Code
veprbilo
Type
Still image
Creator
IFP Team
Creation Date
[s.d.]
Publisher
Institut français de Pondichéry
License
Metadata
Description
Low focus of Fig. 1
Pollen Slide N°
IFP 14313
Code
veprbilo
Type
Still image
Creator
IFP Team
Creation Date
[s.d.]
Publisher
Institut français de Pondichéry
License
Metadata
Description
Low focus of Fig. 1: note the lalongate os
Pollen Slide N°
IFP 14313
Code
veprbilo
Type
Still image
Creator
IFP Team
Creation Date
[s.d.]
Publisher
Institut français de Pondichéry
License
Metadata
Description
Optical section of Fig. 1
Pollen Slide N°
IFP 14313
Code
veprbilo
Type
Still image
Creator
IFP Team
Creation Date
[s.d.]
Publisher
Institut français de Pondichéry
License
Metadata
Description
Equatorial view with an intercolpium: striate exine
Pollen Slide N°
IFP 14313
Code
veprbilo
Type
Still image
Creator
IFP Team
Creation Date
[s.d.]
Publisher
Institut français de Pondichéry
License
Metadata
Description
Mid- and low focus of Fig. 5
Pollen Slide N°
IFP 14313
Code
veprbilo
Type
Still image
Creator
IFP Team
Creation Date
[s.d.]
Publisher
Institut français de Pondichéry
License
Metadata
Description
Low focus of Fig. 6
Pollen Slide N°
IFP 14313
Code
veprbilo
Type
Still image
Creator
IFP Team
Creation Date
[s.d.]
Publisher
Institut français de Pondichéry
License
Metadata
Description
Optical section of Fig. 6
Pollen Slide N°
IFP 14313
Code
veprbilo
Type
Still image
Creator
IFP Team
Creation Date
[s.d.]
Publisher
Institut français de Pondichéry
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Metadata
Description
Subpolar view showing striate pattern
Pollen Slide N°
IFP 14313
Code
veprbilo
Type
Still image
Creator
IFP Team
Creation Date
[s.d.]
Publisher
Institut français de Pondichéry
License
Metadata
Description
Optical section of a 2-colporate grain in equatorial view
Pollen Slide N°
IFP 14313
Code
veprbilo
Type
Still image
Creator
IFP Team
Creation Date
[s.d.]
Publisher
Institut français de Pondichéry
License
Metadata
Description
Subpolar view: striate exine
Pollen Slide N°
IFP 14313
Code
veprbilo
Type
Still image
Creator
IFP Team
Creation Date
[s.d.]
Publisher
Institut français de Pondichéry
License
Metadata
Description
Low focus of Fig. 12
Pollen Slide N°
IFP 14313
Code
veprbilo
Type
Still image
Creator
IFP Team
Creation Date
[s.d.]
Publisher
Institut français de Pondichéry
License
Metadata
Description
Optical section of Fig. 12
Pollen Slide N°
IFP 14313
Code
veprbilo
Type
Still image
Creator
IFP Team
Creation Date
[s.d.]
Publisher
Institut français de Pondichéry
License
Key
pollen_000123
Collection Object
Basis of Record
Preserved specimen
Recorded By
Record Number
Bourdillon-1534
Collection Code
PIFP
Institution Code
IFP
Code
veprbilo
Pollen Slide N°
Pollen Slide N°: IFP 14313
Determination
Family
Genus
Specific Epithet
Scientific Name
Scientific Name Authorship
Genus Authorship
Comm.exA.Juss.
Morphology
Symmetry and Form
Monad, radial_symmetry, isopolar, 3-colporate, sometimes 2-colporate, elliptic in equatorial_view, subtrilobed in polar_view
Dimensions
Polar_Axis = 24-31 µm; Equatorial_Axis = 21-29 µm
Apertures
Three colpora; Colpus: elliptic, colpus apex acute, distance between the adjacent colpal apices 7.0-9.0 µm, margo undifferentiated, aperture_membrane psilate, costae_colpi present; Os: rectanguliform (2.0 x 18.0 µm) with truncate lateral ends, lalongate, oral_costae present
Exine
Striate, tectate (thumb-impression like), mur ±0.5 µm; exine thickness at the mid-point of the intercolpium 2.0 µm
Remark
According to Millogc-Rasolodimry, J.F. (1988) the genus Vepris Comm. presents three types of pollen: a. Striato_reticulate pollen; b. Striate pollen and c. Reticulate pollen
Tentative Pollen Typification
Vepris bilocularis type
References (Generic Palynology)
LM of Vepris bilocularis in Tissot, C., Chikhi, H. & Nayar, T.S. (1994). SEM of Vepris pilosa (meridionally closely striate) in Straka, H. & Friederich, B. (1984). LM and SEM of several species of Vepris illustrative of 3 principal types of pollen of Vepris in Millogc-Rasolodimry, J.F. (1988)
Location
Continent
Country
State / Province
Locality
Rockwood Estate, Travancore
Ecology and Taxonomy
A large handsome evergreen tree up to 1200m. Occasional. Leaf illustration: Pascal, J-P. & Ramesh, B.R. (1987), fig. 353. Generic and specific descriptions in Flora of Madras: pp. 107 & 108 (Gamble, J.S., 1967)
Distribution of Species
Western Peninsular India, Western Ghats: from Konkan southwards, Malabar, the Anaimalais and Travancore. Endemic to Western Ghats. Map: Ramesh, B.R. & Pascal, J-P. (1997): Plate N°- 330
Distribution of Genus
10 spp., Tropical and South Africa; 30 spp., Madagascar, Masc.; 1 sp., South India (Willis, J.C., 1988). Distribution data for 1 species in Flora of Madras: pp. 107 & 108 (Gamble, J.S., 1967)
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Vepris bilocularis Engl.,
in Digital Collections, Institut Français de Pondichéry,
Pollen Slides,
consulted on February, 5th 2025, https://ifp.inist.fr/s/ecological-specimens/item/461877