Illustrations:
 Couper 1960, pl. 10, fig. 15 |
 Couper 1960, pl. 10, fig. 16 (holotype) |
 Couper 1960, pl. 10, fig. 17 |
 Mildenhall & Crosbie 1979, fig. 17 |
 Pocknall in Isaac & Lindqvist 1990 fig. 129i |
IGNS taxon number: 742.
Turmal classification (after Burger 1994): Anteturma POLLENITES; Turma POLYPORATES.
Synonymy:
1960 Parsonsidites psilatus Couper p. 69, pl. 10, figs 15-17.
1966 Parsonsidites psilatus Couper; Krutzsch p. 21.
non 1970 Parsonsidites aff. psilatus Couper; Hill et al. pp. 28-29, pl. 14, fig. 2.
non 1972 Parsonsidites cf. psilatus Couper; Deb pp. 226-227, pl. 2, fig. 5.
non 1973 Parsonsidites cf. psilatus Couper Deb et al. p. 30, fig. 18.
(?) 1974 Parsonsidites psilatus Couper; Mildenhall in Hayward p. 175.
1978 Parsonsidites psilatus Couper; Mildenhall p. 272.
1978 Parsonsidites psilatus; Mildenhall pp. 11, 13, 16.
1980 Parsonsidites psilatus Couper; Mildenhall & Crosbie p. 505, fig. 17.
non 1981 Parsonsidites cf. psilatus Couper; Lima & Salard-Cheboldaeff p. 40, pl. 2, figs 26, 27 (fig. caption lists Parsonsidites sp.).
1982 Parsonsidites psilatus Couper; Pocknall p. 18.
1982 Parsonsidites psilatus Couper; Mildenhall & Suggate pp. 520, 523.
non 1983 Parsonsidites cf. psilatus Couper; Bratzeva pp. 914, 930, pl. 15, figs 1-5.
1984 Parsonsidites psilatus Couper; Pocknall & Mildenhall pp. 12, 14, 17.
1986 Parsonsidites psilatus; Mildenhall & Pocknall pp. 17, 21.
non 1989 Parsonsidites psilatus Couper; Takahashi & Jux p. 398, pl. 9, fig. 18.
1989 Parsonsidites psilatus Couper; Mildenhall & Pocknall p. 28.
1990 Parsonsidites psilatus Couper; Pocknall pp. 149-150, fig. 129i.
1992 Parsonsidites psilatus Couper; Mildenhall et al. pp. 21, 23, 25.
1993 Parsonsidites sp.; Macphail & Truswell pp. 406-407, pl. 7, fig. 9.
1993 Parsonsidites sp. (Parsonsia straminea-type); Macphail et al. p. 698, fig. 78.
1999 Parsonsidites psilatus Couper; Macphail p. 217, pl. 5, fig. 10.
Natural affinity: Dicotyledonae: Malvaceae (with spines missing - Hoheria, Plagianthus), ?Balanophoraceae, Apocynaceae (Parsonsia straminea type).
NZ age range: Paleogene to Pleistocene.
Brief description: Pollen. Periporate, pores distributed evenly.
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).