Forest Vines to Snow Tussocks: The Story of New Zealand Plants
Figure 122 (above) Pollen of zygoynum baillonii of New Caledonia. Zygogynum belongs to the primitive family Winteraceae and at the present day is restricted to New Caledonia. The distincative fossil pollen of this or a related genus has been found in New Zelands, in a fossil assemblage of Middle Pliocene Age. Photo: F. B. Sampson
Figure 122 (above) Pollen of zygoynum baillonii of New Caledonia. Zygogynum belongs to the primitive family Winteraceae and at the present day is restricted to New Caledonia. The distincative fossil pollen of this or a related genus has been found in New Zelands, in a fossil assemblage of Middle Pliocene Age. Photo: F. B. Sampson.