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
 Kunzea sp., NZGS4844 A: PO, OS |
 Kunzea sp., NZGS4844 A: PO, SU AP |
 Kunzea sp., NZGS4844 A: PO, SU AP |
 Kunzea sp., NZGS4844 A: EQ, OS |
 Kunzea sp., NZGS4844 A: EQ, AP |
 Kunzea sp., NZGS4844 N: PO, OS |
 Kunzea sp., NZGS4844 N: PO, SV |
 Kunzea sp., NZGS4844 N: EQ, OS |
 Kunzea sp., NZGS4844 N: EQ, AP |
IGNS collection number: NZGS4844.
Botanical classification: Class Magnoliopsida; Order Myrtales; Family Myrtaceae.
Common name: Kanuka.
Pollen type: Kunzea, or Leptospermum type (if not distinguished from Leptospermum).
Comparison remarks: Furrows join in polar areas. Slightly smaller, less concave-sided (in polar view), and with smoother exine than manuka pollen.
Morphology (unacetolysed pollen): Size class: very small (<20 μm). Shape in equatorial view: flattened oval (oblate). Shape in polar view: triangular/rounded triangular. Aperture numbers: 3. Aperture type: furrows with pores, or united or irregular furrows. Surface pattern: smooth or indefinite. Exine section: thin to medium (no rods visible). Other structural features: intine swollen beneath apertures.
Bee pollen pellet colour: Light yellow (Walsh 1978).
Cite this publication as: "J.I. Raine, X. Li, L. Newstrom-Lloyd (2022).
New Zealand bee pollen catalogue. "
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