GNS Science NZ Bee Pollen database

New Zealand Bee Pollen Catalogue

J.I. Raine, X. Li, L. Newstrom-Lloyd


Alectryon excelsus Gaertn. [titoki]

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


Alectryon excelsus NZGS4894 A: EQ, AP
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Alectryon excelsus NZGS4894 A: EQ, OS
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Alectryon excelsus NZGS4894 A: PO, SV
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Alectryon excelsus NZGS4894 A: PO, OS
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Alectryon excelsus NZGS4894 N: EQ, AP
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Alectryon excelsus NZGS4894 N: EQ, OS
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Alectryon excelsus NZGS4894 N: PO, SV
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Alectryon excelsus NZGS4894 N: PO, OS

IGNS collection number: NZGS4894.

Botanical classification: Class Magnoliopsida; Order Sapindales; Family Sapindaceae.

Common name: Titoki.

Pollen type: Alectryon.

Morphology (unacetolysed pollen): Size class: small (20-30 μm). Shape in equatorial view: round or irregularly round. Shape in polar view: round. Aperture numbers: 3. Aperture type: furrows with pores. Surface pattern: net or pitted. Exine section: medium with spaced rods.

Bee pollen pellet colour: Brown or beige (Walsh 1978).


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