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
 Hedycarya arborea, LRL9744 A: OS |
IGNS collection number: LRL9744.
Botanical classification: Class Magnoliopsida; Order Laurales; Family Monimiaceae.
Common name: Kaiwhiri, pigeonwood.
Pollen type: Hedycarya.
Comparison remarks: Pollen grains usually in flat (tetragonal) tetrads, occasionally in tetrahedral tetrads.
Morphology (unacetolysed pollen): Pollen united in groups of 4 (tetrads). Size class: medium (30-50 μm), or large (50-100 μm) (whole tetrad c. 50 microns, individual grains c. 30 microns). Shape in equatorial view: round or irregularly round. Shape in polar view: round, or multisided/multilobed or irregular. Aperture numbers: 0 or indefinite. Surface pattern: smooth or indefinite, or granular. Exine section: thin to medium (no rods visible).
Bee pollen pellet colour: Grey to green.
Cite this publication as: "J.I. Raine, X. Li, L. Newstrom-Lloyd (2022).
New Zealand bee pollen catalogue. "
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