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Pinedrops (Pterospora andromedea)

Pinedrops (Pterospora andromedea)

These are pinedrops flowers in the Ponderosa pine forest of Eastern Washington.

Transmitted Brightfield Illumination

Definition/Function:

KINGDOM: Plantae /Angiosperms /Eudicots /Asterids ORDER: Ericales FAMILY: Ericaceae GENUS: Pterospora SPECIES: andromedea

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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