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
 Muehlenbeckia complexa NZGS3301 A: PO, SV |
 Muehlenbeckia complexa NZGS3301 A: PO, OS |
 Muehlenbeckia complexa NZGS3301 A: EQ, SV |
 Muehlenbeckia complexa NZGS3301 A: EQ, OS |
 Muehlenbeckia complexa NZGS3301 A: EQ, OS (showing cross-section of aperture, thickened internally) |
IGNS collection number: NZGS3301.
Botanical classification: Class Magnoliopsida; Order Caryophyllales; Family Polygonaceae.
Common name: Small-leaved pohuehue.
Pollen type: Muehlenbeckia.
Comparison remarks: Exine surface is rugulate and perforate. Other species of Muehlenbeckia have similar pollen.
Morphology (unacetolysed pollen): Size class: small (20-30 μm). Shape in equatorial view: round or irregularly round. Shape in polar view: round. Aperture numbers: 3. Aperture type: furrows with pores. Surface pattern: net or pitted. Exine section: with layer of close, thin rods.
Bee pollen pellet colour: White (Walsh 1978).
Cite this publication as: "J.I. Raine, X. Li, L. Newstrom-Lloyd (2022).
New Zealand bee pollen catalogue. "
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