New Zealand Bee Pollen Catalogue

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

Pennantia corymbosa J.R.Forst. & G.Forst. [kaikomako]

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

Pennantia corymbosa, LRL8129 A: PO, SV

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Pennantia corymbosa, LRL8129 A: PO, OS

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Pennantia corymbosa, LRL8129 A: EQ, AP

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Pennantia corymbosa, LRL8129 A: EQ, OS

IGNS collection number: LRL8129.

Botanical classification: Class Magnoliopsida; Order Apiales; Family Pennantiaceae.

Common name: Kaikomako.

Pollen type: Pennantia type.

Morphology (unacetolysed pollen): Size class: small (20-30 μm). Shape in equatorial view: round or irregularly round. Shape in polar view: round, or trilobed (apertures in sides). Aperture numbers: 3. Aperture type: furrows with pores. Surface pattern: smooth or indefinite. Exine section: thin to medium (no rods visible).

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