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
 Eucryphia moorei, NZGS4694 A: EQ, OS |
 Eucryphia moorei, NZGS4694 A: PO, OS |
 Eucryphia moorei, NZGS4694 A: PO, OS |
 Eucryphia moorei, NZGS4694 A: EQ, AP |
 Eucryphia moorei, NZGS4694 N: EQ, OS |
 Eucryphia moorei, NZGS4694 N: EQ, OS |
 Eucryphia moorei, NZGS4694 N: PO, OS |
IGNS collection number: NZGS4694.
Botanical classification: Class Magnoliopsida; Order Oxalidales; Family Cunoniaceae.
Common name: Pinkwood, plumwood, eastern leatherwood (Australia).
Pollen type: Eucryphia.
Comparison remarks: Not a New Zealand native, but grown here occasionally. Eucryphia lucida is a distinctive component of Tasmanian leatherwood honey, in which the pollen is very abundant ("over-represented").
Morphology (unacetolysed pollen): Size class: very small (<20 μm). Shape in equatorial view: flattened oval (oblate). Shape in polar view: oval. Aperture numbers: 2. Aperture type: furrows only. 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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