Geranium (Geranium sp.) Pollen

This is pollen collected from an ornimental Geranium flower. It has been dewaxed with alcohol but not acetalized. The mounting medium is Shuremount with a refractive index of 1.49. This is at high focus.

Transmitted Brightfield Illumination

Definition/Function:

KINGDOM: Plantae /Angiosperms /Eudicots DIVISION: Magnoliophyta ORDER: Geraniales FAMILY: Geraniaceae GENUS: Geranium SPECIES:

Significance in the Environment:

Characteristic Features:

Triporate, baculate and clavate, them forming a reticulum

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