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
 Dacrydium cupressinum, NZGS2284 A: PO, OS |
 Dacrydium cupressinum, NZGS2284 A: PO, OS of sacci |
 Dacrydium cupressinum, NZGS2284 A: EQ, OS |
IGNS collection number: NZGS2284.
Botanical classification: Class Pinopsida; Order Pinales; Family Podocarpaceae.
Common name: Rimu, red pine.
Pollen type: Dacrydium.
Comparison remarks: Species is distinguished by its irregular "frothy" air sacs (sacci) which do not extend far beyond the body (corpus).
Morphology (unacetolysed pollen): Pollen with air sacs. Size class: large (50-100 μm). Shape in equatorial view: different at each pole. Shape in polar view: oval, or multisided/multilobed or irregular. Aperture numbers: 0 or indefinite. Exine section: thin to medium (no rods visible).
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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