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
 Trifolium pratense, NZGS4802 A: EQ, AP |
 Trifolium pratense, NZGS4802 A: EQ, OS |
 Trifolium pratense, NZGS4802 A: EQ, AP |
 Trifolium pratense, NZGS4802 A: EQ, SV |
 Trifolium pratense, NZGS4802 A: EQ, AP |
 Trifolium pratense, NZGS4802 A: PO, OS |
 Trifolium pratense, NZGS4802 N: EQ, OS |
 Trifolium pratense, NZGS4802 N: EQ, AP |
 Trifolium pratense, NZGS4802 N: PO, OS |
IGNS collection number: NZGS4802.
Botanical classification: Class Magnoliopsida; Order Fabales; Family Leguminosae (Papilionoideae).
Common name: Red clover.
Pollen type: Trifolium pratense type.
Morphology (unacetolysed pollen): Size class: medium (30-50 μm). Shape in equatorial view: elongate (prolate). Shape in polar view: triangular/rounded triangular. Aperture numbers: 3. Aperture type: furrows with pores. Surface pattern: net or pitted. Exine section: thin to medium (no rods visible), or medium with spaced rods.
Bee pollen pellet colour: Grey to brown or beige, or green (Walsh 1978).
Cite this publication as: "J.I. Raine, X. Li, L. Newstrom-Lloyd (2022).
New Zealand bee pollen catalogue. "
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