Xylosma flexuosa FLACOURTIACEAE

Sample information

Sample ID200-9-4
Speciesflexuosa
GenusXylosma
FamilyFLACOURTIACEAE
Common nameCoronillo, Brush Holly
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Morphology

Pollen / Sporepollen
Morphologic typetricolporate
Surface patternpsilate , scabrate
Equatorial sizemin 15, mean 18.5, max 22.5
Polar sizemin 10, mean 12, max 15
Equatorial shapecircular, prolate
Polar shapecircular
Grain arrangementdicot
Wall thickness1.5
Wall evennesseven
Morphology notesPsilate/scabrate. Round to oval in shape. Exine thickness 1.5-2um.

Ecology and Geography

Plant typeangiosperm
Floristic region(s)East Pacific Islands , Other outside Australasia
Habitat notesIndigenous to the islands of the Marquesas (Nuku Hiva, Ua Huka, Ua Pou, Hiva Oa, Tahuata, Fatu Hiva). Endemic to East Polynesia, it is found to dry hillsides along with Sapindus saponaria. Noted in the fossil pollen record of KAO3 Rano Kao, Rapa Nui (Easter Island) (Gossen, 2010)

Collection

CollectorSmith 3935 F575998
Collection siteDept. Santa Rosa
Collection countryGuatemala
Collection notesProcessed at the Pollen Laboratory, University of Minnesota, USA from the collecton of Ed Cushing, slide ref. B611.
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