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
 Rumex acetosella, NZGS4983 A: PO, SU(3 furrows) |
 Rumex acetosella, NZGS4983 A: PO, OS(3 furrows) |
 Rumex acetosella, NZGS4983 A: PO, SU(4 furrows) |
 Rumex acetosella, NZGS4983 A: PO, OS(4 furrows) |
 Rumex acetosella, NZGS4983 A: EQ, AP |
 Rumex acetosella, NZGS4983 A: EQ, OS |
 Rumex acetosella, NZGS4983 N: PO, OS(3 furrows) |
 Rumex acetosella, NZGS4983 N: EQ, OS |
IGNS collection number: NZGS4983.
Botanical classification: Class Magnoliopsida; Order Caryophyllales; Family Polygonaceae.
Common name: Sheep's sorrel.
Pollen type: Rumex.
Comparison remarks: Sometimes with 4 or more furrows; often furrows are not all perfectly meridional.
Morphology (unacetolysed pollen): Size class: small (20-30 μm). Shape in equatorial view: round or irregularly round, or flattened oval (oblate). Shape in polar view: trilobed (apertures in sides). Aperture numbers: 3, or 4-6. Aperture type: furrows with pores. Surface pattern: net or pitted. Exine section: medium with spaced rods. Other structural features: thickened or projecting edges to apertures and cell contents granular.
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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