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Sticky mouse-ear chickweed (Cerastium glomeratum) Pollen Through the Microscope

Sticky mouse-ear chickweed (Cerastium glomeratum) Pollen

The six pollens in this image are Sticky mouse-ear chickweed (Cerastium glomeratum). The pollen on the lower left is clover pollen. This is at intermediate focus.

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Definition/Function:

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

Red Clover: KINGDOM: Plantae /Angiosperms /Eudicots /Rosids ORDER: Fabales FAMILY: Fabaceae SUBFAMILY: Faboideae GENUS: Trifoium SPECIES: pretense

Significance in the Environment:

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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