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
 Leycesteria formosa NZGS4920 A: EQ, AP |
 Leycesteria formosa NZGS4920 A: EQ, OS |
 Leycesteria formosa NZGS4920 A: PO, OS |
 Leycesteria formosa NZGS4920 A: PO, SV |
 Leycesteria formosa NZGS4920 N: EQ, OS |
 Leycesteria formosa NZGS4920 N: PO, OS |
IGNS collection number: NZGS4920.
Botanical classification: Class Magnoliopsida; Order Dipsacales; Family Caprifoliaceae.
Common name: Himalaya honeysuckle.
Pollen type: Caprifoliaceae.
Morphology (unacetolysed pollen): Size class: large (50-100 μm), or very large (>100 μm). Shape in equatorial view: round or irregularly round. Shape in polar view: triangular/rounded triangular. Aperture numbers: 3. Aperture type: furrows only. Surface pattern: granular, or isolated dots due to spines or other projections. Exine section: medium with spaced rods and with very small spines or projections (<1 µm).
Cite this publication as: "J.I. Raine, X. Li, L. Newstrom-Lloyd (2022).
New Zealand bee pollen catalogue. "
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