Ptychosperma elegans ARECACEAE

Sample information

Sample ID13-30-1a
Specieselegans
GenusPtychosperma
FamilyARECACEAE
Common nameelegant palm
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Morphology

Pollen / Sporepollen
Morphologic typemonocolpate (monosulcate)
Surface patternreticulate
Equatorial sizemin 16, mean 19, max 21
Polar sizemin 36, mean 39, max 43
Equatorial shapebilateral
Grain arrangementmonocot
Wall thickness1.2
Dispersal formmonad
Morphology notesMonocolpate. Colpus extends length of grain. 19 (16-21) x 39 (36-43) x 21 (18-25). Exine 1.2, layers difficul t to distinguish, finely reticulate.

Ecology and Geography

Plant typeangiosperm
Floristic region(s)Australia (tropical)

Collection

CollectorL. J. Brass
ANU access code14925
Collection siteQueensland, Cape York Peninsula
Collection countryAustralia
Collection date1948-01-01
Collection notesscanned card
Equatorial view