GNS Science NZ Bee Pollen database

New Zealand Bee Pollen Catalogue

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


Ixerba brexioides A.Cunn. [tawari]

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


Ixerba brexioides, NZGS4711 A: EQ, AP
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Ixerba brexioides, NZGS4711 A: EQ, OS
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Ixerba brexioides, NZGS4711 A: EQ, AP
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Ixerba brexioides, NZGS4711 A: PO, OS
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Ixerba brexioides, NZGS4711 A: PO, SV
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Ixerba brexioides, NZGS4711 N: PO, OS
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Ixerba brexioides, NZGS4711 N: EQ, OS
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Ixerba brexioides, NZGS4711 N: EQ, AP
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Ixerba brexioides, NZGS4711 N: PO, OS

IGNS collection number: NZGS4711.

Botanical classification: Class Magnoliopsida; Order Crossosomatales; Family Strasburgeriaceae.

Common name: Tawari.

Pollen type: Ixerba.

Morphology (unacetolysed pollen): Size class: medium (30-50 μm). Shape in equatorial view: flattened oval (oblate). Shape in polar view: multisided/multilobed or irregular. Aperture numbers: 4-6. Aperture type: furrows with pores. Surface pattern: granular. Exine section: thin to medium (no rods visible). Other structural features: cap or streak on apertures.


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