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Bee Pollen Through the Microscope, Cerastium glomeratum

Bee Pollen, Cerastium glomeratum

This is the most common pollen type in the pollen packets of the second row collected near Palleau, France. The mounting medium has a refractive index of 1.49. This is at high focus.

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Definition/Function:

KINGDOM: Plantae /Angiosperms /Eudicots / ORDER: Caryophyllales FAMILY: Caryophyllaceae TRIBE: GENUS: Cerastium SPECIES: glomeratum

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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