Trumpetbush (Tecoma stans) Pollen
This is pollen collected from a Trumpetbush flower found in Arizona. It has been dewaxed with alcohol but not acetalized. The mounting medium is MeltMount with a refractive index of 1.704. This is at intermediate focus.
Transmitted Brightfield Illumination
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
Definition/Function:
KINGDOM: Plantae UNRANKED: Angiosperms UNRANKED: Eudicots UNRANKED: Asterids ORDER: Lamiales FAMILY: Bignoniaceae GENUS: Tecoma SPECIES: stans
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
