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
 Cordyline fruticosa, NZGS4669 A: EQ, SV |
 Cordyline fruticosa, NZGS4669 A: EQ, OS |
 Cordyline fruticosa, NZGS4669 A: EQ, SV |
 Cordyline fruticosa, NZGS4669 A: EQ, SV |
 Cordyline fruticosa, NZGS4669 A: PO, OS |
 Cordyline fruticosa, NZGS4669 A: PO, AP |
 Cordyline fruticosa, NZGS4669 N: PO, OS |
 Cordyline fruticosa, NZGS4669 N: PO, SV |
 Cordyline fruticosa, NZGS4669 N: EQ, OS |
IGNS collection number: NZGS4669.
Botanical classification: Class Magnoliopsida; Order Asparagales; Family Asparagaceae.
Common name: Ti pore, Pacific cabbage tree.
Pollen type: Cordyline.
Comparison remarks: Other Cordyline species have similar pollen.
Morphology (unacetolysed pollen): Size class: medium (30-50 μm). Shape in equatorial view: flattened oval (oblate) (aperture at one pole). Shape in polar view: oval. Aperture numbers: 1. Aperture type: furrows only. Surface pattern: granular. Exine section: thin to medium (no rods visible).
Bee pollen pellet colour: Light yellow to yellow.
Cite this publication as: "J.I. Raine, X. Li, L. Newstrom-Lloyd (2022).
New Zealand bee pollen catalogue. "
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