Table II.

Principle discriminating features of general pollen types in Loranthaceae.

Pollen type	Diagnostic feature or character suite	Found in
A	Spherical; zonocolpate with 3–5 very short colpi; echinate	Tupeia, Phthirusa hutchisonii (Psittacantheae)
B	Trilobate or triangular in polar view, basically trisyncolpate	Nuytsia (Nuytsieae), Gaiadendron (Gaiadendreae), most Psittacantheae, all Elytrantheae and Lorantheae
C	Broadly trilobate; demicolpate with broad and short colpi	Dendropemon, Passovia pyrifolia (Psittacantheae)
D	(Sub)circular in polar view, lophate	Oryctanthus (Psittacantheae)