Illustrations:
 Couper 1960, pl. 9, fig. 13 (holotype) |
 Couper 1960, pl. 9, fig. 14 |
 Mildenhall & Crosbie 1979, fig. 1 |
 Mildenhall & Crosbie 1979, fig. 2 |
 Mildenhall & Crosbie 1979, fig. 3 |
IGNS taxon number: 658.
Turmal classification (after Burger 1994): Anteturma POLLENITES; Turma MONOPORATES.
Synonymy:
1960 Liliacidites sphericus Couper p. 61, pl. 9, figs 13, 14.
1968 Liliacidites sphericus Couper; Bowen et al. p. 263.
1970 Liliacidites sphericus Couper; Krutzsch p. 31.
1973 Sparganiaceaepollenites robustisporis Martin p. 36, figs 154-157.
(?) 1974 ?Liliacidites sphericus Couper; Mildenhall in Hayward p. 175.
1978 Sparganium type 2; Martin pp. 192-193, fig. 7A1.
1979 Sparganiaceaepollenites sphericus (Couper) Mildenhall in Mildenhall & Crosbie pp. 499-500, figs 1-3.
non 1983 Sparganiaceaepollenites sp. cf. S. sphericus (Couper) Mildenhall; Truswell p. 149, pl. 3, figs 7, 8.
1984 Sparganiaceaepollenites sphericus (Couper); Pocknall & Mildenhall p. 17.
1984 Sparganiaceaepollenites sphericus (Couper) Mildenhall & Crosbie; Raine p. 12.
1989 Sparganiaceaepollenites sphericus (Couper) Mildenhall; Mildenhall & Pocknall p. 55.
1989 Sparganiaceaepollenites sphericus (Couper) Mildenhall; Martin p. 292, fig. 1M.
1999 Sparganiaceaepollenites sphericus (Couper) Mildenhall & Crosbie; Macphail p. 215, pl. 4, fig. 18.
2006 Sparganiaceaepollenites sphericus (Couper) Mildenhall; Macphail & Cantrill p. 619, pl. 3, fig. 34.
2009 Liliacidites sphericus Couper; Nanez et al. p. 685, fig. 9.11.
Natural affinity: Monocotyledonae: Sparganiaceae, Sparganium.
NZ age range: Paleogene to Neogene.
Brief description: Pollen. Monoporate.
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).