Atalantia wightii Tanaka
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Description
Equatorial view, with a colporate aperture, in successive foci down to optical section (Figs. 1-5).
Pollen Slide N°
IFP 14300 / IFP 21942
Code
atalwigh
Type
Still image
Creator
IFP Team
Creation Date
[s.d.]
Publisher
Institut français de Pondichéry
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Metadata
Description
Equatorial view, with a colporate aperture, in successive foci down to optical section (Figs. 1-5).
Pollen Slide N°
IFP 14300 / IFP 21942
Code
atalwigh
Type
Still image
Creator
IFP Team
Creation Date
[s.d.]
Publisher
Institut français de Pondichéry
License
Metadata
Description
Equatorial view, with a colporate aperture, in successive foci down to optical section (Figs. 1-5).
Pollen Slide N°
IFP 14300 / IFP 21942
Code
atalwigh
Type
Still image
Creator
IFP Team
Creation Date
[s.d.]
Publisher
Institut français de Pondichéry
License
Metadata
Description
Equatorial view, with a colporate aperture, in successive foci down to optical section (Figs. 1-5).
Pollen Slide N°
IFP 14300 / IFP 21942
Code
atalwigh
Type
Still image
Creator
IFP Team
Creation Date
[s.d.]
Publisher
Institut français de Pondichéry
License
Metadata
Description
Equatorial view, with a colporate aperture, in successive foci down to optical section (Figs. 1-5).
Pollen Slide N°
IFP 14300 / IFP 21942
Code
atalwigh
Type
Still image
Creator
IFP Team
Creation Date
[s.d.]
Publisher
Institut français de Pondichéry
License
Metadata
Description
Equatorial view, with a colporate aperture; in optical section.
Pollen Slide N°
IFP 14300 / IFP 21942
Code
atalwigh
Type
Still image
Creator
IFP Team
Creation Date
[s.d.]
Publisher
Institut français de Pondichéry
License
Metadata
Description
Equatorial view: LO analysis of intercolpial exine and optical section (Figs. 7-9).
Pollen Slide N°
IFP 14300 / IFP 21942
Code
atalwigh
Type
Still image
Creator
IFP Team
Creation Date
[s.d.]
Publisher
Institut français de Pondichéry
License
Metadata
Description
Equatorial view: LO analysis of intercolpial exine and optical section (Figs. 7-9).
Pollen Slide N°
IFP 14300 / IFP 21942
Code
atalwigh
Type
Still image
Creator
IFP Team
Creation Date
[s.d.]
Publisher
Institut français de Pondichéry
License
Metadata
Description
Equatorial view: LO analysis of intercolpial exine and optical section (Figs. 7-9).
Pollen Slide N°
IFP 14300 / IFP 21942
Code
atalwigh
Type
Still image
Creator
IFP Team
Creation Date
[s.d.]
Publisher
Institut français de Pondichéry
License
Metadata
Description
4-colporate grain in polar view (4-lobed): LO analysis and optical section (Figs. 10-12).
Pollen Slide N°
IFP 14300 / IFP 21942
Code
atalwigh
Type
Still image
Creator
IFP Team
Creation Date
[s.d.]
Publisher
Institut français de Pondichéry
License
Metadata
Description
4-colporate grain in polar view (4-lobed): LO analysis and optical section (Figs. 10-12).
Pollen Slide N°
IFP 14300 / IFP 21942
Code
atalwigh
Type
Still image
Creator
IFP Team
Creation Date
[s.d.]
Publisher
Institut français de Pondichéry
License
Metadata
Description
4-colporate grain in polar view (4-lobed): LO analysis and optical section (Figs. 10-12).
Pollen Slide N°
IFP 14300 / IFP 21942
Code
atalwigh
Type
Still image
Creator
IFP Team
Creation Date
[s.d.]
Publisher
Institut français de Pondichéry
License
Metadata
Description
Optical section of a 5-colporate grain in polar view (5-lobed).
Pollen Slide N°
IFP 14300 / IFP 21942
Code
atalwigh
Type
Still image
Creator
IFP Team
Creation Date
[s.d.]
Publisher
Institut français de Pondichéry
License
Key
pollen_132
Collection Object
Basis of Record
Preserved specimen
Record Number
Saldanha, C.J.-16534 (Pollen Slide N°: IFP 14300)
s.n. (Pollen Slide N°: IFP 21942)
Collection Code
PIFP
Institution Code
IFP
Code
atalwigh
Pollen Slide N°
Pollen Slide N°: IFP 14300
Pollen Slide N°: IFP 21942
Determination
Family
Genus
Specific Epithet
Scientific Name
Scientific Name Authorship
Genus Authorship
Corrêa.
Morphology
Symmetry and Form
Monad, radial_symmetry, isopolar, 4-(5) stephanocolporate, elliptic in equatorial_view, 4-(5) lobed (2 narrow and 2 broad lobes) in polar_view.
Dimensions
Polar_Axis = 30-40 µm; Equatorial_Axis = 25-35 µm.
Apertures
Four or (very rarely) five colpora; Colpus: narrowly elliptic, colpus apex acutes, distance between the adjacent colpal apices 12(2) & 15(2) µm, margo diffuse tending to be striate in the para colpium (Fig.1), aperture_membrane psilate costae_colpi present; Os: elliptic with curved lateral ends, lalongate, oral costate present.
Exine
Striato-reticulate, tectate, mur <1.0 µm; lumina <1.5 µm, infratectum columellate, exine thickness at the mid-point of the intercolpium 2.5-3.0 µm.
Remark
A stenopalynous genus.
Tentative Pollen Typification
Atalantia type.
References (Generic Palynology)
LM (pollen micrographs) of A. wightii in Tissot, C., Chikhi, H. & Nayar, T.S. (1994).
Location
Continent
Country
State / Province
County / District
Locality
Yettinahalla (Pollen Slide N°: IFP 14300)
Western Ghats (Pollen Slide N°: IFP 21942)
Ecology and Taxonomy
A thorny shrub or small tree, up to 1500m. Leaf illustration: Pascal, J-P. & Ramesh, B.R. (1987), fig. 343. Generic description and specific key in Flora of Madras: p. 113 (Gamble, J.S., 1967).
Distribution of Species
Western Peninsular India and Sri Lanka. Western Ghats, from Wayanad southwards. Occasional. Map: Ramesh, B.R. & Pascal, J-P. (1997): Plate N°- 326.
Distribution of Genus
18 spp., Tropical Asia, China, Australia (Willis, J.C., 1988). Keys and distribution data for 4 species in Flora of Madras: pp. 113 & 114 (Gamble, J.S., 1967).
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Atalantia wightii Tanaka,
in Digital Collections, Institut Français de Pondichéry,
Pollen Slides,
consulted on February, 5th 2025, https://ifp.inist.fr/s/ecological-specimens/item/461886