Illustrations:
 Couper 1960, pl. 8, fig. 18 ("Dysoxylum aff. spectabile") |
 Pocknall & Mildenhall 1984 pl. 19, fig. 3a (Holotype) |
 Pocknall & Mildenhall 1984 pl. 19, fig. 3b (Holotype) |
 Pocknall & Mildenhall 1984 pl. 19, fig. 3c (Holotype) |
 Pocknall & Mildenhall 1984 pl. 19, fig. 4 (paratype) |
 Pocknall & Mildenhall 1984 pl. 19, fig. 5 (paratype) |
 Pocknall & Mildenhall 1984 pl. 19, fig. 6 (paratype) |
 Pocknall & Mildenhall 1984 pl. 19, fig. 7 |
 Pocknall & Mildenhall 1984 pl. 19, fig. 8 |
 Pocknall & Tremain 1988, fig. 5.5E |
 Pocknall in Isaac & Lindqvist 1990 fig. 128h |
IGNS taxon number: 642.
Turmal classification (after Burger 1994): Anteturma POLLENITES; Turma STEPHANOCOLPORATES.
Synonymy:
1960 Dysoxylum aff. spectabile Hooker f.; Couper p. 58, pl. 8, fig. 18.
1961 Dysoxylum aff. spectabile (Forst. f.) Hooker f.; McIntyre & Harris p. 402.
1968 Dysoxylum aff. spectabile Hooker f.; Wilson p. 58.
1980 Dysoxylum; Mildenhall p. 227.
1982 Tetracolporites sp. (cf. Dysoxylum); Pocknall p. 284.
1984 Tetracolporites spectabilis Pocknall & Mildenhall p. 38, pl. 19, figs 3-8.
1984 Dysoxylum aff. spectabile Hooker f.; Raine p. 12.
1985 Tetracolporites spectabilis Pocknall & Mildenhall; Pocknall p. 348.
1988 Tetracolporites spectabilis Pocknall & Mildenhall; Lindqvist & Pocknall in Pocknall & Tremain p. 48, fig. 5.5E.
1989 Tetracolporites spectabilis Pocknall & Mildenhall; Mildenhall & Pocknall p. 27.
1990 Tetracolporites spectabilis Pocknall & Mildenhall; Pocknall pp. 148, 150, fig. 128h.
1991 Tetracolporites spectabilis; Pocknall p. 410.
1998 Tetracolporites spectabilis Pocknall & Mildenhall; Barreda et al pp. 331, 334, pl. 4, figs 9, 10.
2005 Tetracolporites spectabilis Pocknall & Mildenhall, 1984; Bannister et al. p. 518.
Natural affinity: Dicotyledonae: Meliaceae (Dysoxylum spectabile Blume).
NZ age range: Paleogene to Modern.
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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Dallwitz (1980) and Dallwitz,
Paine and Zurcher (1993, 1999) should also be cited (see
References).