Narrowleaf Hawksbeard (Crepis tectorum) Pollen
This is pollen collected from a narrowleaf hawksbeard flower on the east slopes of the Cascade Mountains, 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 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
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Buddleja_davidii
Definition/Function:
KINGDOM: Plantae /Angiosperms /Eudicots /Asterids ORDER: Asterales FAMILY: Asteraceae GENUS: Crepis SPECIES: tectorum
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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
