| Sample ID | 82-8-1 |
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| Species | oleracea |
| Genus | Portulaca |
| Family | PORTULACACEAE |
| Common name | pigweed, purslane |
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| Pollen / Spore | pollen |
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| Morphologic type | pantocolpate , pantoporate |
| Surface pattern | echinate |
| Equatorial size | min 50, mean 57.5, max 65 |
| Polar size | min 50, mean 57.5, max 65 |
| Equatorial shape | circular |
| Grain arrangement | dicot |
| Aperture count | M |
| Wall thickness | 3 |
| Exine type | tectate |
| Dispersal form | monad |
| Morphology notes | Periporate. Many pores in circular radial pattern around grain. Tectate/echinate. Exine thickness 3um. Spine 1um long. |
| Plant type | angiosperm |
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| Floristic region(s) | Australia (south coast) , West Pacific , Central Pacific , Hawaiian Islands , East Pacific Islands |
| Vegetation communities | herbland |
| Habitat notes | Growing in dry loam. Bird and seawater dispersal. Seeds unable to float, remain viable in seawater. Eurasian species, widespread in the tropics adn subtropics. (Occuring on sea-shores, waysides and waste places. Not abundant on Rapa Nui but found in the fossil pollen record in KAO3 of Rano Kao, Rapa Nui (Easter Island). Skottsberg noted on the island as well as a plant introduced into several places in the Pacific. Gossen 2010) |
| Collector | Schodde 672, Adelaide Herbarium |
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| ANU access code | 6117 |
| Collection site | Netherby, Adelaide Plains 4 miles SE of Adelaide, South Australia |
| Collection country | Australia |
| Collection notes | Kimberley Region, Western Australian Pollen Flora. Also found in Diego Garcia, Indian Ocean. |
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