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
 Pseudopanax arboreus, NZGS4927 A: EQ, SV |
 Pseudopanax arboreus, NZGS4927 A: EQ, OS |
 Pseudopanax arboreus, NZGS4927 A: PO, SV |
 Pseudopanax arboreus, NZGS4927 A: PO, OS |
 Pseudopanax arboreus, NZGS4927 N: EQ, AP |
 Pseudopanax arboreus, NZGS4927 N: EQ, OS |
 Pseudopanax arboreus, NZGS4927 N: PO, SV |
 Pseudopanax arboreus, NZGS4927 N: PO, OS |
IGNS collection number: NZGS4927.
Botanical classification: Class Magnoliopsida; Order Apiales; Family Araliaceae.
Common name: Whauwhaupaku, five-finger.
Pollen type: Pseudopanax.
Comparison remarks: Other Pseudopanax species have similar pollen. Exine finely reticulate, tending to be thicker at poles, where rod-layer clearly visible.
Morphology (unacetolysed pollen): Size class: medium (30-50 μm). Shape in equatorial view: elongate (prolate). Shape in polar view: round, or triangular/rounded triangular. Aperture numbers: 3. Aperture type: furrows with pores. Surface pattern: net or pitted. Exine section: medium with spaced rods. Other structural features: thickened or projecting edges to apertures.
Trees for Bees "Star Performers", NZ Beekeeper Article: Five finger .
Cite this publication as: "J.I. Raine, X. Li, L. Newstrom-Lloyd (2022).
New Zealand bee pollen catalogue. "
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