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
 Chenopodium album, VUWG604 A: OS |
 Chenopodium album, VUWG604 A: SU/AP |
IGNS collection number: VUWG604.
Botanical classification: Class Magnoliopsida; Order Caryophyllales; Family Amaranthaceae.
Common name: Fat-hen.
Pollen type: Chenopodium type.
Comparison remarks: Similar pollen is found in other species of Amaranthaceae (incl. Chenopodiaceae), for example Beta vulgaris (beet, silverbeet) and Salicornia quinqueflora (glasswort).
Morphology (unacetolysed pollen): Size class: medium (30-50 μm). Shape in equatorial view: round or irregularly round. Shape in polar view: round. Aperture numbers: more than 12. Aperture type: pores only. Surface pattern: smooth or indefinite, or granular. Exine section: thin to medium (no rods visible).
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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