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Hummingbird Vine (Campsis radicans) Pollen Under the Microscope

Trumpet Vine (Campsis radicans) Pollen

This is from an "Ann Arbor, Biological Center" prepared set of slides. This is at equitorial focus.

Transmitted Brightfield Illumination

Definition/Function:

KINGDOM: Plantae UNRANKED: Angiosperms UNRANKED: Eudicots UNRANKED: Asterids ORDER: Lamiales FAMILY: Bignoniaceae GENUS: Campsis SPECIES: radicans

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