GNS Science NZ Bee Pollen database

New Zealand Bee Pollen Catalogue

J.I. Raine, X. Li, L. Newstrom-Lloyd


Crepis vesicaria L. [beaked hawksbeard]

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


Crepis vesicaria, NZGS4679 A: PO, OS
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Crepis vesicaria, NZGS4679 A: PO, SV
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Crepis vesicaria, NZGS4679 A: EQ, OS
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Crepis vesicaria, NZGS4679 A: EQ, AP
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Crepis vesicaria, NZGS4679 N: PO, OS
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Crepis vesicaria, NZGS4679 N: PO, SV
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Crepis vesicaria, NZGS4679 N: EQ, OS
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Crepis vesicaria, NZGS4679 N: EQ, AP

IGNS collection number: NZGS4679.

Botanical classification: Class Magnoliopsida; Order Asterales; Family Compositae.

Common name: Beaked hawksbeard.

Pollen type: Taraxacum type.

Comparison remarks: Spines on ridges ("fenestrate"). Some distinction can be made between pollen of the various dandelion-like plant genera and species but this is a specialist task.

Morphology (unacetolysed pollen): Size class: small (20-30 μm). Shape in equatorial view: round or irregularly round. Shape in polar view: multisided/multilobed or irregular. Aperture numbers: 3. Aperture type: furrows with pores. Surface pattern: isolated dots due to spines or other projections. Exine section: with very small spines or projections (<1 µm), or with other projections.


Cite this publication as: "J.I. Raine, X. Li, L. Newstrom-Lloyd (2022). New Zealand bee pollen catalogue. "
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