Illustrations:
 Couper 1960, pl. 9, fig. 4 ("Taraxacum" type) |
IGNS taxon number: 829.
Turmal classification (after Burger 1994): Anteturma POLLENITES; Turma TRICOLPORATES.
Synonymy:
1960 Taraxacum sp.; Couper & Harris p. 22.
1960 "Taraxacum" type; Couper, p. 60, pl. 9, fig. 4.
1964 Compositae (Liguliflorae); Harris p. 312.
1968 Fenestrites spinosus van der Hammen ex Germeraad et al. p. 319, pl. 12, fig. 1.
1973 Compositae cf. Tribe Cichorieae; Martin p. 27, fig. 114, 115.
1975 Compositae (Liguliflorae); Mildenhall p. 678.
1986 Compositae (Liguliflorae); Mildenhall & Pocknall pp. 7, 8, 16, 21.
1988 Compositae (Liguliflorae); Nelson et al. p. 31.
1989 Compositae (Liguliflorae); Mildenhall & Pocknall pp. 25, 27.
1993 Fenestrites sp. (Asteraceae, Liguliflorae); Macphail et al. p. 694, fig. 37.
1999 Fenestrites sp.; Macphail p. 227, pl. 10, fig. 20.
Natural affinity: Dicotyledonae: Asteraceae Tribe Cichorieae (Taraxacum type).
NZ age range: Neogene to Modern.
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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Dallwitz (1980) and Dallwitz,
Paine and Zurcher (1993, 1999) should also be cited (see
References).