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
 Taraxacum officinale, NZGS4799 A: PO, SV |
 Taraxacum officinale, NZGS4799 A: EQ, OS |
 Taraxacum officinale, NZGS4799 A: EQ, AP |
 Taraxacum officinale, NZGS4799 A: PO, OS |
 Taraxacum officinale, NZGS4799 A: PO, SV |
 Taraxacum officinale, NZGS4799 N: EQ, OS |
 Taraxacum officinale, NZGS4799 N: EQ, AP |
 Taraxacum officinale, NZGS4799 N: PO, OS |
 Taraxacum officinale, NZGS4799 N: PO, SV |
 Taraxacum officinale, pollen pellet |
IGNS collection number: NZGS4799.
Botanical classification: Class Magnoliopsida; Order Asterales; Family Compositae.
Common name: Dandelion.
Pollen type: Taraxacum type.
Comparison remarks: Spines on ridges ("fenestrate"). Yellow oil often present. Some distinction can be made between pollen of the various "dandelion" plant genera and species, but this is a specialist task.
Morphology (unacetolysed pollen): Size class: medium (30-50 μm). Shape in equatorial view: round or irregularly round, or flattened oval (oblate). 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.
Bee pollen pellet colour: Orange.
Cite this publication as: "J.I. Raine, X. Li, L. Newstrom-Lloyd (2022).
New Zealand bee pollen catalogue. "
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