Mojave Mound Cactus (Echinocereus triglochidiatus) Pollen
This is pollen collected from Cholla Cactus (Cylindropuntia sp.) in the Coachella Valley of California. The pollen has not been acetalized and is mounted in a medium with a refactive index of 1.704. This is at high focus.
Transmitted Brightfield Illumination
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
Definition/Function:
KINGDOM: Plantae UNRANKED: Angiosperms UNRANKED: Eudicots UNRANKED: Core Eudicots ORDER: Caryophyllales FAMILY: Cactaceae SUBFAMILY: Opuntioideae TRIBE: Cylindropuntieae GENUS: Cylindropuntia SPECIES:
Significance in the Environment:
Characteristic Features:
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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
