Ulmus (Elm) Pollen
The starch grains in this live pollen are clearly evident in this image. Using "Off Crossed Circular Polarized Light" the individual starch grains appear with a vertical line in them rather than the typical cross pattern.
Transmitted Off Crossed Circular Polarized Light
Kapp, Ronald O., HOW TO KNOW POLLEN AND SPORES, Wm. C. Brown Company, 1969.
Moore, P.D., J. A. Webb, and M. E. Collinson, POLLEN ANALYSIS, Blackwell Scientific Publications, 1991
Definition/Function:
KINGDOM: Plantae /Angiosperms /Eudicots /Rosids ORDER: Rosales FAMILY: Ulmaceae GENUS: Ulmus SPECIES:
Significance in the Environment:
Characteristic Features:
Associated Particles:
References:
Faegri, Knut and Johs Iversen, TEXTBOOK OF POLLEN ANALYSIS, Hafner Publishing Company, 1964.Kapp, Ronald O., HOW TO KNOW POLLEN AND SPORES, Wm. C. Brown Company, 1969.
Moore, P.D., J. A. Webb, and M. E. Collinson, POLLEN ANALYSIS, Blackwell Scientific Publications, 1991
