Illustrations:
Key: scale bar 10 microns; after the species and collection number, A = acetolysed, N = non-acetolysed, H = honey; aspect PO = polar view, EQ = equatorial view; focus OS = optical section, SV = surface, AP = aperture
 Sambucus nigra, NZGS4788 A: EQ, SV |
 Sambucus nigra, NZGS4788 A: EQ, OS |
 Sambucus nigra, NZGS4788 A: EQ, AP |
 Sambucus nigra, NZGS4788 A: EQ, AP |
 Sambucus nigra, NZGS4788 A: PO, OS |
 Sambucus nigra, NZGS4788 A: PO, OS |
 Sambucus nigra, NZGS4788 N: EQ, SV |
 Sambucus nigra, NZGS4788 N: EQ, OS |
 Sambucus nigra, NZGS4788 N: EQ, AP |
 Sambucus nigra, NZGS4788 N: PO, OS |
IGNS collection number: NZGS4788.
Botanical classification: Class Magnoliopsida; Order Dipsacales; Family Adoxaceae.
Common name: Elder, elderberry.
Pollen type: Sambucus.
Morphology (unacetolysed pollen): Size class: very small (<20 μm). Shape in equatorial view: round or irregularly round, or flattened oval (oblate). Shape in polar view: round. Aperture numbers: 3. Aperture type: furrows with pores. Surface pattern: smooth or indefinite, or net or pitted. Exine section: medium with spaced rods.
Bee pollen pellet colour: Yellow (Sawyer 1981).
Cite this publication as: "J.I. Raine, X. Li, L. Newstrom-Lloyd (2022).
New Zealand bee pollen catalogue. "
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