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Bush Poppy (Dendromecon rigida) Under the Microscope

Bush Poppy (Dendromecon rigida) Pollen

This is pollen collected from Bush Poppy (Dendromecon rigida) in the San Bernardino National Forest in California. The pollen has not been acetalized and is mounted in a medium with a refactive index of 1.704. This is at intermediate focus.

Transmitted Brightfield Illumination

Definition/Function:

KINGDOM: Plantae /Angiosperms /Eudicots /Asterids ORDER: Ranunculales FAMILY: Papaveraceae GENUS: Dendromecon SPECIES: rigida

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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