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
 Laurelia novae-zelandiae, LRL9859 A: PO, AP/SU |
 Laurelia novae-zelandiae, LRL9859 A: PO, OS |
 Laurelia novae-zelandiae, LRL9859 A: EQ, OS |
IGNS collection number: LRL9859.
Botanical classification: Class Magnoliopsida; Order Laurales; Family Atherospermataceae.
Common name: Pukatea.
Pollen type: Laurelia.
Comparison remarks: Pollen with two long furrows (may appear as one furrow because the grain tends to split open, often separating into two halves).
Morphology (unacetolysed pollen): Size class: medium (30-50 μm). Shape in equatorial view: elongate (prolate). Shape in polar view: round. Aperture numbers: 2. Aperture type: furrows only. Surface pattern: net or pitted. Exine section: medium with spaced rods.
Bee pollen pellet colour: White (Walsh 1978).
Cite this publication as: "J.I. Raine, X. Li, L. Newstrom-Lloyd (2022).
New Zealand bee pollen catalogue. "
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