Illustrations:
 Couper 1960, pl. 7, fig. 13 (holotype) |
 Couper 1960, pl. 7, fig. 14 |
 Pocknall 1985, fig. 22a |
 Pocknall 1985, fig. 22b |
 Pocknall 1985, fig. 23 |
 Pocknall 1989, fig. 2F |
IGNS taxon number: 571.
Turmal classification (after Burger 1994): Anteturma POLLENITES; Turma TRICOLPORATES.
Synonymy:
1960 Bombacacidites bombaxoides Couper p. 53, pl. 7, figs 13, 14.
1973 Bombacacidites bombaxoides Couper; Stover & Partridge p. 256, pl. 19, fig. 3.
1979 Bombacacidites bombaxoides Couper; Salard-Cheboldaeff p. 370.
1981 Bombacacidites bombaxoides Couper; Lima & Salard-Cheboldaeff p. 41, pl. 3, fig. 9.
1982 Bombacacidites bombaxoides Couper; Pocknall p. 17.
1982 Bombacacidites bombaxoides Couper; Pocknall p. 284.
1984 Bombacacidites bombaxoides Couper; Pocknall & Mildenhall p. 17.
non 1984 Bombacacidites bombaxoides Couper; Singh & Samir pp. 46-47, pl. 1, fig. 11.
1985 Bombacacidites bombaxoides Couper; Pocknall pp. 334, 336, 345, figs 22a, 22b.
1986 Bombacacidites bombaxoides; Mildenhall & Pocknall pp. 8, 21.
1988 Bombacacidites bombaxoides Couper; Nerlson et al. p. 31.
1989 Bombacacidites bombaxoides Couper; Pocknall & Turnbull p. 378.
1989 Bombacacidites bombaxoides Couper; Mildenhall & Pocknall p. 27.
1989 Bombacacidites bombaxoides Couper; Askin p. 113, fig. 5(7).
1989 Bombax (Bombacacidites bombaxoides); Pocknall pp. 3, 5, fig. 2F.
1990 Bombacacidites bombaxoides; Pocknall p. 150.
2004 Bombacacidites bombaxoides Couper; Krutzsch p. 140, text-fig. 22-1.
Natural affinity: Dicotyledonae: Bombacaceae (Bombax).
NZ age range: Paleogene to Neogene.
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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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).