Illustrations:
 Couper 1953, pl. 5, fig. 51 (Knightia cf. excelsa) |
 Couper 1954, text-fig. 1, fig. 2 (holotype) |
 Couper 1960, pl. 5, fig. 10 ("Knightia aff. excelsa") |
 Couper 1960, pl. 5, fig. 15 (holotype) |
 Couper 1960, pl. 5, fig. 16 |
 Mildenhall 1975b, fig. 4 |
 Mildenhall & Suggate 1981 fig. 11 |
 Mildenhall in Richardson 1985, fig. 13 |
 Mildenhall in Richardson 1985, fig. 14 |
 Mildenhall et al. 1992, pl.2, fig. 3 |
IGNS taxon number: 693.
Turmal classification (after Burger 1994): Anteturma POLLENITES; Turma TRIPORATES.
Synonymy:
1953 Knightia cf. excelsa R. Br.; Couper p. 41, pl. 5, fig. 51.
1954 Knightia excelsa R. Br.; Couper p. 138.
1954 Proteacidites minimus Couper p. 479, text-fig. 1, fig. 2
1954 Proteacidites minimus Couper; Couper & McQueen pp. 407, 410.
1960 Proteacidites minimus Couper; Couper p. 49, pl. 5, figs 15, 16.
1960 Knightia excelsa R. Br.; Couper p. 49, pl. 5, fig. 10.
1960 Knightia excelsa R. Br.; Couper & Harris p. 21.
1960 Proteacidites minimus Couper; Couper & Harris p. 21.
1961 Knightia aff. excelsa R. Br.; McIntyre & Harris p. 402.
1962 Knightia aff. excelsa R. Br.; McIntyre p. 317.
1964 Proteacidites minimus Couper; Harris p. 312.
1966 Proteacidites minimus Couper; McIntyre & Wilson p. 317.
1966 Knightia cf. excelsa R. Br.; McIntyre & Norris p. 244.
1968 Proteacidites minimus Couper; Bowen et al. p. 263.
1971 Proteacidites c.f. P. minimus Couper; Mildenhall p. 194.
1972 Proteacidites sp. aff. P. minimus Couper; Hekel p. 16, pl. 5, fig. 9.
1974 Proteacidites minimus Couper; Mildenhall in Hayward p. 175.
1974 Propylipollis minimus (Couper) Martin & Harris p. 111.
(?) 1975 Proteacidites sp. cf. P. minimus Couper; Hos p. 10, fig. 56.
(?) 1975 Proteacidites minimus Couper; Kemp pp. 607, 622-623, pl. 7, figs 1, 2.
1975 Proteacidites minimus Couper; Mildenhall p. 679, fig. 4.
1975 Proteacidites minimus Couper; Mildenhall pp. 216, 223.
1978 Proteacidites minimus Couper; Mildenhall p. 270.
1978 Proteacidites minimus; Mildenhall pp. 11, 13, 16.
1982 Proteacidites minimus Couper; Pocknall p. 18.
1982 Proteacidites minimus Couper; Pocknall p. 284.
1982 Proteacidites minimus Couper; Mildenhall & Suggate pp. 524-525, fig. 11.
1982 Propylipollis minimus (Couper) Martin & Harris; Stover & Partridge pp. 78-79, 91, pl. 2, figs 18-19b.
1982 Proteacidites minimus Couper; Tulip et al. pp. 264-265, fig. 6CC.
1983 Proteacidites minimus Couper; Bratzeva pp. 913, 928, pl. 13, figs 8, 9.
1984 Proteacidites minimus Couper; Pocknall & Mildenhall p. 17.
1984 Proteacidites cf. minimus Couper; Raine p. 10.
1985 Proteacidites minimus Couper; Turnbull et al. p. 227.
1985 Proteacidites minimus Couper; Mildenhall in Richardson p. 125, figs 13, 14.
1985 Proteacidites minimus Couper; Pocknall p. 348.
1986 Proteacidites minimus; Mildenhall & POcknall pp. 18, 21.
non 1987 Propylipollis minimum Martin & Harris [sic.]; Moshen p. 368, fig. 7.19.
1989 Proteacidites minimus Couper; Mildenhall & Pocknall p. 28.
1989 Proteacidites minimus Couper; Pocknall & Turnbull p. 378.
1989 Proteacidites cf. P. minimus Couper; Mildenhall p. 122, pl. 2, fig. 3.
1992 Proteacidites minimus Couper; Mildenhall et al. pp. 30-31, pl. 2, fig. 3.
1998 Proteacidites minimus Couper; Milne p. 589, fig. 21.
1998 Proteacidites minimus Couper; Askin & Baldoni pp. 373-390.
Natural affinity: Dicotyledonae: Proteaceae [Knightia excelsa R.Br., Petrophile (Milne 1998)].
NZ age range: Cretaceous to Neogene.
Brief description: Pollen. Triporate.
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
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Dallwitz (1980) and Dallwitz,
Paine and Zurcher (1993, 1999) should also be cited (see
References).