Myosotis pollen SEM images from Meudt et al. 2020

Pollen from several New Zealand Myosotis species was analysed in a publication co-authored by Te Papa Botany Researcher Heidi Meudt.

On this page, you can scroll through the 232 scanning electron microscopy (SEM) images of pollen from Te Papa (WELT) specimens analysed in this study. An additoinal 300 SEM images of pollen from specimens from ten other herbaria (AD, AK, BRI, CANB/CBG, CHR, HO, MEL, NSW, OTA, PERTH) that were also analysed in the same study can be seen here.

Special thanks to Niki Murray, Manawatu Microscopy and Imaging Centre, Palmerston North, who performed the SEM and took all the images. All images are copyright Te Papa.

Reference

Meudt HM, Thorsen MJ, and Prebble JM. 2020. Taxonomic revision of the Myosotis australis group (Boraginaceae) in Australia, New Zealand and New Guinea. Australian Systematic Botany 33(6):477-524. https://www.publish.csiro.au/SB/SB20014