Spring Beauty (Claytonia lanceolata) Pollen

This is pollen collected from a Spring Beauty flower found in the Cascade Mountains of Washington State. It has been dewaxed with alcohol but not acetalized.

Transmitted Oblique Illumination

Definition/Function:

KINGDOM: Plantae /Angiosperms /Eudicots ORDER: Caryophyllales FAMILY: Portulacaceae GENUS: Claytonia SPECIES: lanceolate

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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