Fireweed (Epilobium angustifolium) Pollen

This is pollen collected from fireweed flowers in the Ponderosa pine forest of Eastern Washington. The tetraporate form of the pollen grain is relatively common in this plant. The pollen has been dewaxed with alcohol but not acetalized. The mounting medium is Melt Mount with a refractive index of 1.704. This is at cross-section focus.

Transmitted Brightfield Illumination

Definition/Function:

KINGDOM: Plantae /Angiosperms /Eudicots /Rosids ORDER: Myrtales FAMILY: Onagraceae GENUS: Epilobium SPECIES: angustifolium

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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