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Beavertail Cactus (Opuntia basilaris) Pollen Under the Microscope

Beavertail Cactus (Opuntia basilaris)

This is one of the many varieties of prickly pear cactuses in the Coachella Valley of California. .

Macrophotograph

Definition/Function:

KINGDOM: Plantae UNRANKED: Angiosperms UNRANKED: Eudicots UNRANKED: Core Eudicots ORDER: Caryophyllales FAMILY: Cactaceae SUBFAMILY: Opuntioideae TRIBE: Opuntieae GENUS: Opuntia SPECIES: basilaris

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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