“…To be able to unravel the origin, divergence and spatial history of generic lineages of Winteraceae, it is important to compare and affiliate fossil Winteraceae pollen/tetrads to those of the extant genera (generic lineages). The general morphology and ultrastructure of Winteraceae are well known and have been studied by Bailey & Nast (1943), Straka (1963), Fiser & Walker (1967), Sampson (1974Sampson ( , 2000aSampson ( ,b, 2007, Lobreau-Callen (1977), Praglowski (1979), and van der Ham & van Heuven (2002). Unfortunately, only a few of these studies provide good close-ups (SEM micrographs;Sampson 2000b, van der Ham & van Heuven 2002 showing the sculpture and aperture region (including ulcus membrane) at high enough resolution.…”