Coconut (Cocos nucifera) Pollen
This is pollen found in a coconut honey sample from Hawaii. The mounting medium is MeltMount with a refractive index of 1.704. This is at intermediate 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 /Angiosperms /Monocots /Commelinids ORDER: Arecales FAMILY: Arecaceae SUBFAMILY: Arecoideae GENUS: Cocos SPECIES: nucifera
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
