Illustrations:
 Couper 1960, pl. 11, fig. 18 (holotype) |
 Couper 1960, pl. 11, fig. 19 (holotype) |
 Pocknall & Crosbie 1982, fig. 12 (holotype of Rhoipites pilatus) |
 Pocknall & Crosbie 1982, fig. 13 (as Rhoipites pilatus) |
 Pocknall & Crosbie 1982, fig. 14 (as Rhoipites pilatus) |
 Pocknall & Crosbie 1982, fig. 15 (as Rhoipites pilatus) |
 Pocknall & Crosbie 1982, fig. 16 (as Rhoipites pilatus) |
IGNS taxon number: 602.
Turmal classification (after Burger 1994): Anteturma POLLENITES; Turma TRICOLPORATES.
Synonymy:
1960 Tricolpites pilatus Couper p. 66, pl. 11, figs 18, 19.
non 1974 Rhoipites pilatus Sah & Kar p. 169, pl. 2, figs 43, 44.
1982 Tricolpites pilatus Couper; Mildenhall & Suggate pp. 520, 522-523.
1982 Rhoipites pilatus (Couper) Pocknall & Crosbie pp. 9-10, figs. 12-16.
1982 Rhoipites pilatus (Couper); Pocknall p. 18.
1982 Rhoipites pilatus (Couper) Pocknall & Crosbie; Pocknall p. 285.
1984 Rhoipites pilatus (Couper); Pocknall & Mildenhall p. 17.
1984 Tricolpites pilatus Couper; Raine p. 12.
1985 Rhoipites couperi Pocknall pp. 343, 348.
1986 Rhoipites couperi; Mildenhall & Pocknall pp. 18, 21.
1988 Rhoipites alveolatus/sphaerica/couperi group; Nelson et al. p. 31.
1989 Rhoipites couperi Pocknall; Pocknall & Turnbull p. 378.
1989 Rhoipites couperi Pocknall; Mildenhall & Pocknall p. 27.
non 2006 Rhoipites pilatus Sah & Kar; Mandal & Guleria p. 56, pl. 2, figs 16, 21.
Natural affinity: Dicotyledonae.
NZ age range: Paleogene to Neogene.
Brief description: Pollen. Tricolporate.
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
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Dallwitz (1980) and Dallwitz,
Paine and Zurcher (1993, 1999) should also be cited (see
References).