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
 Solanum laciniatum, NZGS4976 A: PO, SV |
 Solanum laciniatum, NZGS4976 A: PO, OS |
 Solanum laciniatum, NZGS4976 A: EQ, SV |
 Solanum laciniatum, NZGS4976 A: EQ, OS |
 Solanum laciniatum, NZGS4976 N: PO, SV |
 Solanum laciniatum, NZGS4976 N: PO, OS |
 Solanum laciniatum, NZGS4976 N: EQ, AP |
IGNS collection number: NZGS4976.
Botanical classification: Class Magnoliopsida; Order Solanales; Family Solanaceae.
Common name: Poroporo.
Pollen type: Solanum laciniatum type.
Comparison remarks: Usually 4 furrows, occasionally 3.
Morphology (unacetolysed pollen): Size class: small (20-30 μm), or medium (30-50 μm). Shape in equatorial view: round or irregularly round. Shape in polar view: multisided/multilobed or irregular. Aperture numbers: 3, or 4-6. Aperture type: furrows with pores. Surface pattern: smooth or indefinite. Exine section: thin to medium (no rods visible), or with layer of close, thin rods.
Cite this publication as: "J.I. Raine, X. Li, L. Newstrom-Lloyd (2022).
New Zealand bee pollen catalogue. "
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