Illustrations:
 Couper 1960, pl. 10, fig. 12 (holotype) |
 Couper 1960, pl. 10, fig. 13 |
 Mildenhall & Suggate 1981 fig. 7 |
 Pocknall & Mildenhall 1984 pl. 19, fig. 1 |
 Pocknall & Mildenhall 1984 pl. 19, fig. 2a |
 Pocknall & Mildenhall 1984 pl. 19, fig. 2b |
IGNS taxon number: 640.
Turmal classification (after Burger 1994): Anteturma POLLENITES; Turma STEPHANOCOLPORATES.
Synonymy:
1960 Ixerba sp.; Couper & Harris p. 21.
1960 Tetracolporites ixerboides Couper p. 63, pl. 10, figs 12, 13.
1982 Tetracolporites ixerboides Couper; Mildenhall & Suggate pp. 524-525, fig. 7.
1982 Tetracolporites palynius Stover & Partridge pp. 84, 86-87, pl. 5, figs 3-8.
1982 Tetracolporites ixerboides Couper; Pocknall p. 18.
1982 Tetracolporites ixerboides Couper; Pocknall p. 285.
1984 Tetracolporites ixerboides Couper; Pocknall & Mildenhall p. 38, pl. 19, figs 1, 2.
1984 Tetracolporites ixerboides Couper; Raine p. 12.
1985 Tetracolporites ixerboides Couper; Pocknall p. 348.
1986 Tetracolporites ixerboides; Mildenhall & Pocknall p. 22.
non 1989 Tetracolporites ixerboides Couper; Takahashi & Jux p. 249, pl. 5, figs 4a, 4b.
1989 Tetracolporites ixerboides Couper; Mildenhall & Pocknall p. 27.
1991 Tetracolporites ixerboides; Pocknall p. 410.
1994 Pentacolporate sp. Meliaceae (?); Macphail & Hill pp. 13-14, pl. 4, figs F,G.
Natural affinity: Dicotyledonae: Escalloniaceae (Ixerba brexioides A. Cunn.).
NZ age range: Paleogene to Neogene.
Brief description: Pollen. Stephanocolporate.
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
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Dallwitz (1980) and Dallwitz,
Paine and Zurcher (1993, 1999) should also be cited (see
References).