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Mojave Yucca (Yucca schidigera)

Mojave Yucca (Yucca schidigera) Pollen

This is a Mojave Yucca in the Coachella Valley of California.

Macrophotograph

Definition/Function:

KINGDOM: Plantae CLADE: Angiosperms CLADE: Monocots ORDER: Asparagales FAMILY: Asparagaceae SUBFAMILY: Agavoideae GENUS: Yucca SPECIES: schidigera

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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