Pollen / Spore | pollen |
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Morphologic type | monocolpate (monosulcate) |
Surface pattern | baculate |
Equatorial size | min 30.4, mean 34.8, max 34.8 |
Polar size | min 42.5, mean 48.6, max 50.7 |
Equatorial shape | prolate |
Polar shape | circular |
Grain arrangement | monocot |
Aperture count | 1 |
Colpi length | full |
Columella visible? | True |
Dispersal form | monad |
Morphology notes | Furl as long as grain. Thin sculpture, exine 1um. Tectate/per-fossulate, reticulated. Exine 2um thick. |
Plant type | angiosperm |
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Floristic region(s) | West Pacific , Central Pacific , Hawaiian Islands , East Pacific Islands , New Zealand (north) , Maritime Southeast Asia , Australia (east coast) |
Vegetation communities | open forest |
Habitat notes | Woody monocotyledonous flowering plants classified in Asparagaceae or alternatively the segregate family Laxmanniaceae, in the Angiosperm Phylogeny Group system, but placed by others in Agavaceae or Lomandraceae. The genus is native to the western Pacific Ocean region, from New Zealand, eastern Australia, southeastern Asia, Polynesia and Hawaii. Noted by Skottsberg in 1920 in the crater Rano Kao, Rapa Nui (Easter Island). |
Collector | NZ Access: MUPL 0028 |
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Collection site | Pitcairn Island |
Collection country | Pitcairn Islands |
Collection notes | Photographed |