Illustrations:
 Couper 1960, pl. 6, fig. 6 |
 Couper 1960, pl. 6, fig. 7 (holotype) |
 Haskell & Wilson 1975, pl. 4, fig. 13 (cf.) |
 Wanntorp et al. 2011, fig. 2P (scale bar 10 um) |
IGNS taxon number: 705.
Turmal classification (after Burger 1994): Anteturma POLLENITES; Turma TRIPORATES.
Synonymy:
1960 Proteacidites retiformis Couper p. 51, pl. 6, figs 6, 7.
1974 Proteacidites retiformis Couper; Martin & Harris p. 109.
1975 Proteacidites cf. retiformis Couper; Haskell & Wilson pp. 740-741, pl. 4, fig. 13.
1983 Proteacidites cf. retiformis Couper; Bratzeva pp. 913, 928, pl. 13, figs 10, 11.
1984 Proteacidites retiformis Couper; Raine p. 10.
1987 Proteacidites retiformis Couper; Dettmann & Thomson pp. 34-35, fig. 6b.
1989 Proteacidites retiformis Couper; Browne & MacKinnon text-figs 10, 12, 13, pl. 1, fig. 5.
1998 Proteacidites retiformis Couper; Askin & Baldoni pp. 373-390.
2009 Proteacidites sp. cf. P. retiformis Couper; Truswell & Macphail p. 87, fig. 166.
2011 Proteacidites retiformis Couper; Wanntorp et al. p. 363, fig. 2P.
Natural affinity: Dicotyledonae: Proteaceae.
NZ age range: Cretaceous.
Brief description: Pollen. Triporate.
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).