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Butterfly Bush (Buddleja davidii) Pollen Under the Microscope

Butterfly Bush (Buddleja davidii) Pollen

This is pollen collected from a butterfly bush flower found in a yard in Redmond, Washington. It has been dewaxed with alcohol but not acetalized. The mounting medium is Shur/mount with a refractive index of 1.49. This is at equitorial focus.

Transmitted Brightfield Illumination

Definition/Function:

KINGDOM: Plantae /Angiosperms /Eudicots /Asterids ORDER: Lamiales FAMILY: Scrophulariaceae GENUS: Buddleja SPECIES: davidii

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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

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Buddleja_davidii