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
 Fuchsia excorticata, NZGS4698 A: PO, OS |
 Fuchsia excorticata, NZGS4698 A: EQ, OS |
 Fuchsia excorticata, NZGS4698 A: EQ, AP |
 Fuchsia excorticata, NZGS4698 N: EQ, OS |
 Fuchsia excorticata, NZGS4698 N: PO, OS |
IGNS collection number: NZGS4698.
Botanical classification: Class Magnoliopsida; Order Myrtales; Family Onagraceae.
Common name: Kotukutuku, fuchsia.
Pollen type: Fuchsia.
Comparison remarks: Other species of Fuchsia have similar pollen.
Morphology (unacetolysed pollen): Size class: large (50-100 μm). Shape in equatorial view: flattened oval (oblate). Shape in polar view: multisided/multilobed or irregular. Aperture numbers: 2. Aperture type: pores only. Surface pattern: smooth or indefinite. Exine section: thin to medium (no rods visible). Other structural features: intine swollen beneath apertures.
Bee pollen pellet colour: Blue to black (Walsh 1978).
Cite this publication as: "J.I. Raine, X. Li, L. Newstrom-Lloyd (2022).
New Zealand bee pollen catalogue. "
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