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Ocotillo (Fouquieria splendens)

Ocotillo (Fouquieria splendens)

This is an Ocotillo in Palm Springs, California.

Macrophotograph

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