Blue Anemone (Anemone oregana) Pollen

This is pollen collected from a blue anemone flower found in the Cascade Mountains of Washington State. It has been dewaxed with alcohol but not acetalized. Some of the pollen is 4-zonocolporate. The mounting medium is Shuremount with a refractive index of 1.49. This is at cross-section focus.

Transmitted Brightfield Illumination

Definition/Function:

KINGDOM: Plantae DIVISION: Magnoliophyta CLASS: Magnoliopsida ORDER: Ranunculales FAMILY: Ranunculaceae GENUS: Anemone SPECIES: oregana

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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