New Zealand Journal of Botany abstracts

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Fossil Pollen of Acacia Type from New Zealand

D. C. MlLDENHALL

New Zealand Geological Survey, Department of Scientific and Industrial Research, Lower Hutt

Abstract Numerous specimens of a pollen grain polyad similar to those of the present day Acacia have been found in a Castlecliffian (Middle Pleistocene) sample from the North Island of New Zealand. Their abundance suggests that the genus Acacia was represented in the Quaternary flora of New Zealand. It may have become extinct during the "last glaciation". Fossil localities where Acacia has been recorded are listed.

Received 16 June 1971 New Zealand Journal of Botany 10: 485-94.

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