| Pollen / Spore | pollen |
|---|---|
| Morphologic type | monoporate |
| Surface pattern | psilate , reticulate |
| Equatorial size | mean 25 |
| Polar size | mean 25 |
| Equatorial shape | circular |
| Polar shape | circular |
| Grain arrangement | monocot |
| Aperture count | 1 |
| Morphology notes | Monoporate. Pore aperture round, thickly defined. Exine structure thin 1um. Psilate/reticulate. Spheroidal 25um. |
| Plant type | angiosperm |
|---|---|
| Floristic region(s) | India (tropical) , East Pacific Islands , Other outside Australasia , Maritime Southeast Asia , Australia (tropical) |
| Habitat notes | Rhizomatous and/or stoloniferous mat-forming perennial, to 0.3 m high, rooting at the nodes; culms erect or geniculate. It is widely cultivated in warm climates all over the world between about 30° south and 30° north latitude, and that get between 625–1,750 mm (24.6–68.9 in) of rainfall a year, and has medicinal properties. |
| Collector | Anne & Mark Myerscough |
|---|---|
| ANU access code | 17204 |
| Collection site | Palmerston, Darwin, Northern Territory |
| Collection country | Australia |
| Collection date | 2004-11-24 |
| Collection notes | Noted by Skottsberg on Rapa Nui (Easter Island) as Paspalum serobiculatum, in 1920. It was later named Cynodon dactylon by Zizka. Noted in the fossil pollen record of KAO3 by Gossen 2010. Also found in Diego Garcia, Indian Ocean. |
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