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Bleeding Heart (Lamprocapnos spectabilis) Pollen Through the Microscope

Bleeding Heart (Lamprocapnos spectabilis) Pollen

This is pollen collected from a Bleeding Heart (Lamprocapnos spectabilis) flower found in a yard in Redmond, Washington. It has been dewaxed with alcohol but not acetalized. The mounting medium is Melt Mount with a refractive index of 1.704. This is at high focus.

Transmitted Brightfield Illumination

Definition/Function:

KINGDOM: Plantae /Angiosperms /Eudicots ORDER: Ranunculales FAMILY: Papaveraceae GENUS: Lamprocapnos SPECIES: spectabilis

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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