Coffee (Coffea arabica) Pollen

This is pollen from the Big Island of Hawaii. 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

Definition/Function:

KINGDOM: Plantae /Angiosperms /Eudicots ORDER: Gentianales FAMILY: Rubiaceae GENUS: Coffea SPECIES: arabica

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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