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Date Palm (Phoenix dactylifera) Under the Microscope

Date Palm (Phoenix dactylifera) Pollen

This is pollen collected from a Pigmy Date Palm in the Region of Palm Springs, California. The pollen has not been acetalized and is mounted in a medium with a refactive index of 1.49. This is at equitorial focus.

Transmitted Brightfield Illumination

Definition/Function:

KINGDOM: Plantae UNRANKED: Angiosperms UNRANKED: Monocots UNRANKED: Commelinids ORDER: Arecales FAMILY: Arecaceae GENUS: Phoenix SPECIES: dactylifera

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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