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
 Foeniculum vulgare, NZGS4696 A: PO, OS |
 Foeniculum vulgare, NZGS4696 A: EQ, OS |
 Foeniculum vulgare, NZGS4696 A: EQ, AP |
 Foeniculum vulgare, NZGS4696 A: EQ, SV |
 Foeniculum vulgare, NZGS4696 A: EQ, AP |
 Foeniculum vulgare, NZGS4696 N: EQ, AP |
 Foeniculum vulgare, NZGS4696 N: PO, OS |
 Foeniculum vulgare, NZGS4696 N: EQ, AP |
 Foeniculum vulgare, NZGS4696 N: EQ, OS |
IGNS collection number: NZGS4696.
Botanical classification: Class Magnoliopsida; Order Apiales; Family Umbelliferae.
Common name: Fennel.
Pollen type: Apiaceae.
Comparison remarks: Other Umbelliferae genera also have very elongate pollen although there is considerable variation, especially in size and in shape of apertures.
Morphology (unacetolysed pollen): Size class: small (20-30 μm). Shape in equatorial view: very elongate (perprolate). Shape in polar view: trilobed (apertures in sides). Aperture numbers: 3. Aperture type: furrows with pores. Surface pattern: net or pitted. Exine section: medium with spaced rods.
Cite this publication as: "J.I. Raine, X. Li, L. Newstrom-Lloyd (2022).
New Zealand bee pollen catalogue. "
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