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
 Geranium molle LRL9807 A: EQ, AP |
 Geranium molle LRL9807 A: PO, OS |
 Geranium molle LRL9807 A: PO, SV |
 Geranium molle NZGS4985 N: PO, OS |
 Geranium molle NZGS4985 N: EQ, SU/AP |
 Geranium molle NZGS4985 N: EQ, OS |
IGNS collection number: LRL9807, NZGS4985.
Botanical classification: Class Magnoliopsida; Order Geraniales; Family Geraniaceae.
Common name: Dove's-foot cranebill.
Pollen type: Geranium type.
Comparison remarks: Pollen large, thick-walled with coarse baculae. Furrows short, in equatorial view not clearly visible due to thick exine, and the apertures may appear to be simple pores.
Morphology (unacetolysed pollen): Size class: medium (30-50 μm), or large (50-100 μm). Shape in equatorial view: round or irregularly round, or flattened oval (oblate). Shape in polar view: triangular/rounded triangular. Aperture numbers: 3. Aperture type: pores only, or furrows with pores. Surface pattern: granular. Exine section: medium or thick with coarse external rods.
Cite this publication as: "J.I. Raine, X. Li, L. Newstrom-Lloyd (2022).
New Zealand bee pollen catalogue. "
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