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
 Acacia melanoxylon, NZGS4630 A: PO, OS |
 Acacia melanoxylon, NZGS4630 A: PO, SV |
 Acacia melanoxylon, NZGS4630 A: EQ, OS |
 Acacia melanoxylon, NZGS4630 A: EQ, SV |
 Acacia melanoxylon, NZGS4630 N: EQ, OS |
 Acacia melanoxylon, NZGS4630 N: PO, OS |
 Acacia melanoxylon, NZGS4630 N: PO, SV |
 Acacia melanoxylon, NZGS4630 N: PO, SV |
IGNS collection number: NZGS4630, NZGS4834.
Botanical classification: Class Magnoliopsida; Order Fabales; Family Leguminosae (Mimosoideae).
Common name: Blackwood.
Pollen type: Acacia.
Comparison remarks: Pollen united in polyads, comprising groups of 16 grains. Some other Acacia species have different numbers of grains in the polyad. The furrows are +/- circular, on the outer side of each grain.
Morphology (unacetolysed pollen): Pollen united in groups of >4 (polyads). Size class: large (50-100 μm). Shape in equatorial view: round or irregularly round and different at each pole. Shape in polar view: multisided/multilobed or irregular. Aperture numbers: 1. Aperture type: furrows only (a single, circular furrow). Surface pattern: smooth or indefinite. Exine section: thin to medium (no rods visible).
Bee pollen pellet colour: Yellow.
Cite this publication as: "J.I. Raine, X. Li, L. Newstrom-Lloyd (2022).
New Zealand bee pollen catalogue. "
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