Illustrations:
 Couper 1960, pl. 8, fig. 7 |
 Couper 1960, pl. 8, fig. 8 |
 Couper 1960, pl. 8, fig. 9 (holotype) |
 Dettmann et al. 1990, pl. 8, fig. 4a (holotype) |
 Dettmann et al. 1990, pl. 8, fig. 4b (holotype) |
IGNS taxon number: 531.
Turmal classification (after Burger 1994): Anteturma POLLENITES; Turma STEPHANOCOLPATES.
Synonymy:
1960 Nothofagus n. sp.; Couper & Harris p. 21.
1960 Nothofagus longispina Couper p. 57, pl. 8, figs 7-9.
1971 Nothofagus longispina Couper; Mildenhall p. 194.
non 1983 Nothofagidites longispina; Hill & Macphail p. 287, figs 4G, 4H (new combination not valid).
1986 Nothofagidites longispina; Mildenhall & Pocknall pp. 8, 17, 21 (?) (no new combination made).
1988 Nothofagidites longispina (Couper); Nelson et al. p. 31 (no new combination made).
1988 Nothofagus longispina Couper; Milne p. 296, fig. 6R.
1989 Nothofagidites longispina; Nelson et al. p. 364 (no new combination made).
1990 Nothofagidites longispinosus (Couper) Pocknall in Dettmann et al. pp. 37-38, pl. 8, fig. 4; text-fig. 3v.
1992 Nothofagidites longispinosus; Mildenhall pp. 21, 23, 27, 44.
Natural affinity: Dicotyledonae: Nothofagaceae (Nothofagus subg. Brassospora).
NZ age range: Neogene.
Brief description: Pollen. Stephanocolpate.
Cite this publication as: "J.I. Raine, D.C. Mildenhall, E.M. Kennedy
(2011). New Zealand fossil spores and pollen: an illustrated catalogue. 4th
edition. GNS Science miscellaneous series no. 4.
http://data.gns.cri.nz/sporepollen/index.htm".
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2011
ISBN 978-0-478-19871-3
ISSN 1177-2441
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Dallwitz (1980) and Dallwitz,
Paine and Zurcher (1993, 1999) should also be cited (see
References).