Mojave Mound Cactus (Echinocereus triglochidiatus) Pollen

This is pollen collected from Mojave Mound Cactus (Echinocereus triglochidiatus) in Joshua Tree, California. The pollen has not been acetalized and is mounted in a medium with a refactive index of 1.704. This is at high focus.

Transmitted Brightfield Illumination

Definition/Function:

KINGDOM: Plantae UNRANKED: Angiosperms UNRANKED: Eudicots UNRANKED: Core Eudicots ORDER: Caryophyllales FAMILY: Cactaceae SUBFAMILY: Cactoideae TRIBE: Pachycereeae GENUS: Echinocereus SPECIES: triglochidiatus

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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