Ocotillo (Fouquieria splendens) Pollen
This is pollen collected from an Ocotillo in Palm Springs, California. The pollen has not been acetalized and is mounted in a medium with a refactive index of 1.704. This is at intermediate focus.
Transmitted Brightfield Illumination
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
Definition/Function:
KINGDOM: Plantae UNRANKED: Angiosperms UNRANKED: Eudicots UNRANKED: Asterids ORDER: Ericales FAMILY: Fouquieriaceae GENUS: Fouquieria SPECIES: splendens
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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
