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
 Helianthemum nummularium, NZGS4707 A: EQ, OS |
 Helianthemum nummularium, NZGS4707 A: EQ, AP |
 Helianthemum nummularium, NZGS4707 A: EQ, AP |
 Helianthemum nummularium, NZGS4707 A: EQ, SV |
 Helianthemum nummularium, NZGS4707 A: PO, OS |
 Helianthemum nummularium, NZGS4707 A: PO, AP |
 Helianthemum nummularium, NZGS4707 N: EQ, OS |
 Helianthemum nummularium, NZGS4707 N: EQ, SV |
 Helianthemum nummularium, NZGS4707 N: |
 Helianthemum nummularium, NZGS4707 N: PO, OS |
 Helianthemum nummularium, NZGS4707 N: PO, SV |
IGNS collection number: NZGS4707.
Botanical classification: Class Magnoliopsida; Order Malvales; Family Cistaceae.
Common name: Rock rose.
Pollen type: Helianthemum.
Morphology (unacetolysed pollen): Size class: medium (30-50 μm). Shape in equatorial view: round or irregularly round. Shape in polar view: triangular/rounded triangular. Aperture numbers: 3. Aperture type: furrows with pores. Surface pattern: granular, or net or pitted. Exine section: medium with spaced rods. Other structural features: intine swollen beneath apertures, or cell contents granular.
Bee pollen pellet colour: Orange (Sawyer 1981).
Cite this publication as: "J.I. Raine, X. Li, L. Newstrom-Lloyd (2022).
New Zealand bee pollen catalogue. "
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