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
 Myrsine divaricata, NZGS4732 A: EQ, AP |
 Myrsine divaricata, NZGS4732 A: EQ, OS |
 Myrsine divaricata, NZGS4732 A: EQ, AP |
 Myrsine divaricata, NZGS4732 A: PO, OS |
 Myrsine divaricata, NZGS4732 A: PO, SV |
 Myrsine divaricata, NZGS4732 N: EQ, OS |
 Myrsine divaricata, NZGS4732 N: PO, OS |
 Myrsine divaricata, NZGS4732 N: PO, AP |
IGNS collection number: NZGS4732.
Botanical classification: Class Magnoliopsida; Order Ericales; Family Primulaceae.
Common name: Weeping mapou.
Pollen type: Myrsine.
Comparison remarks: There is slight variation in pollen morphology among the species of Myrsine (Moar 1993).
Morphology (unacetolysed pollen): Size class: very small (<20 μm), or small (20-30 μm). Shape in equatorial view: flattened oval (oblate). Shape in polar view: round, or multisided/multilobed or irregular. Aperture numbers: 3, or 4-6. 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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