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
 Freycinetia banksii LRL9698 A: oblique polar view showing single pore |
 Freycinetia banksii LRL9698 A: EQ |
IGNS collection number: LRL9698.
Botanical classification: Class Magnoliopsida; Order Pandanales; Family Pandanaceae.
Common name: Kiekie.
Pollen type: Freycinetia.
Comparison remarks: The pore margin is slightly thickened, but not so sharply as in Gramineae. The outline of Gramineae pollen is also circular rather than oval- or boat-shaped.
Morphology (unacetolysed pollen): Size class: medium (30-50 μm). Shape in equatorial view: flattened oval (oblate) (aperture at one pole). Shape in polar view: oval. Aperture numbers: 1. Aperture type: pores only. Surface pattern: smooth or indefinite. Exine section: with layer of close, thin rods. Other structural features: thickened or projecting edges to apertures and granules or projections scattered on apertures.
Bee pollen pellet colour: Brown or beige to pink or red.
Cite this publication as: "J.I. Raine, X. Li, L. Newstrom-Lloyd (2022).
New Zealand bee pollen catalogue. "
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