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
 Leucopogon fraseri NZGS4919 A: AP |
 Leucopogon fraseri NZGS4919 A: OS |
 Leucopogon fraseri NZGS4919 N: SU |
 Leucopogon fraseri NZGS4919 N: AP |
 Leucopogon fraseri NZGS4919 N: OS |
IGNS collection number: NZGS4919.
Botanical classification: Class Magnoliopsida; Order Ericales; Family Ericaceae.
Common name: Dwarf mingimingi.
Pollen type: Leucopogon fraseri type.
Comparison remarks: Pollen grains in which 3 of the original tetrad cells are aborted and preserved only as an irregular area of thickened exine. Apertures are irregular pores. The exine is irregularly cracked internally.
Morphology (unacetolysed pollen): Size class: large (50-100 μm). Shape in equatorial view: round or irregularly round. Shape in polar view: round. Aperture numbers: 4-6, or 7-12. Aperture type: pores only. Surface pattern: smooth or indefinite. Exine section: thin to medium (no rods visible).
Bee pollen pellet colour: 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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