New Zealand Bee Pollen Catalogue

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

Prumnopitys ferruginea (G.Benn ex D.Don) de Laub. [miro, brown pine]

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

Prumnopitys ferruginea, NZGS2247 A: OS

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Prumnopitys ferruginea, NZGS2247 A: SV(proximal side of corpus)

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Prumnopitys ferruginea, NZGS2247 A: SV(distal side of corpus)

IGNS collection number: NZGS2247.

Botanical classification: Class Pinopsida; Order Pinales; Family Podocarpaceae.

Common name: Miro, brown pine.

Pollen type: Prumnopitys.

Morphology (unacetolysed pollen): Pollen with air sacs. Size class: large (50-100 μm), or very large (>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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