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
 Weinmannia sylvicola, NZGS4943 A: PO, SV |
 Weinmannia sylvicola, NZGS4943 A: PO, OS |
 Weinmannia sylvicola, NZGS4943 A: EQ, SV |
 Weinmannia sylvicola, NZGS4943 A: EQ, AP |
 Weinmannia sylvicola, NZGS4943 A: EQ, OS |
 Weinmannia sylvicola, NZGS4943 N: PO, SV |
 Weinmannia sylvicola, NZGS4943 N: PO, OS |
 Weinmannia sylvicola, NZGS4943 N:EQ, SV |
 Weinmannia sylvicola, NZGS4943 N:EQ, AP |
 Weinmannia sylvicola, NZGS4943 N: EQ, OS |
IGNS collection number: NZGS4943.
Botanical classification: Class Magnoliopsida; Order Oxalidales; Family Cunoniaceae.
Common name: Tawhero, towai.
Pollen type: Weinmannia.
Comparison remarks: Exine thin, but with distinctly reticulate surface. Pollen of W. racemosa (kamahi) is similar.
Morphology (unacetolysed pollen): Size class: very small (<20 μm). Shape in equatorial view: round or irregularly round. Shape in polar view: round. Aperture numbers: 3. Aperture type: furrows with pores. Surface pattern: net or pitted. Exine section: medium with spaced rods.
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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