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
 Trifolium repens, A: EQ, OS |
 Trifolium repens, A: PO, OS |
 Trifolium repens, N: EQ, OS |
 Trifolium repens, N: PO, OS |
Botanical classification: Class Magnoliopsida; Order Fabales; Family Leguminosae (Papilionoideae).
Common name: White clover.
Pollen type: Trifolium repens type.
Comparison remarks: 3 furrows with pores which tend to protrude cytoplasm; exine surface shallowly and inconspicuously reticulate (coarser in equatorial region). T. pratense (red clover) is larger and has more coarsely reticulate exine.
Morphology (unacetolysed pollen): Size class: small (20-30 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: smooth or indefinite, or net or pitted. Exine section: thin to medium (no rods visible). Other structural features: cell contents granular.
Bee pollen pellet colour: Grey to brown or beige.
Cite this publication as: "J.I. Raine, X. Li, L. Newstrom-Lloyd (2022).
New Zealand bee pollen catalogue. "
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