Serviceberry (Amelanchier spp.) Pollen

This is pollen collected from a Serviceberry flower in the foothills of the Cascade Mountains of Eastern Washington State. It has been dewaxed with alcohol but not acetalized. The mounting medium is Shurmount with a refractive index of 1.49. Many tricolporate pollens plants also produce a few quadracolporate grains, as seen here. This is at intermediate focus.

Transmitted Brightfield Illumination

Definition/Function:

KINGDOM: Plantae /Angiosperms /Eudicots /Rosids ORDER: Rosales FAMILY: Rosaceae SUBFAMILY: Amygdalioideae TRIBE: Maleae SUBTRIBE: Malinae GENUS: Amelanchier SPECIES:

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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