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
 Rhopalostylis sapida NZGS4933 A: PO, SV |
 Rhopalostylis sapida NZGS4933 A: PO, OS |
 Rhopalostylis sapida NZGS4933 A: EQ, SV |
 Rhopalostylis sapida NZGS4933 N: EQ, OS |
 Rhopalostylis sapida NZGS4933 N: PO, SV |
 Rhopalostylis sapida NZGS4933 N: PO, OS |
IGNS collection number: NZGS4933.
Botanical classification: Class Magnoliopsida; Order Arecales; Family Palmae.
Common name: Nikau.
Pollen type: Rhopalostylis type.
Morphology (unacetolysed pollen): Size class: large (50-100 μm). Shape in equatorial view: flattened oval (oblate) and different at each pole (aperture at one pole). Shape in polar view: oval. Aperture numbers: 1. Aperture type: furrows only. Surface pattern: smooth or indefinite. Exine section: thin to medium (no rods visible).
Bee pollen pellet colour: White, or 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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