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Strawberry (Fragaria vesca) Pollen Under the Microscope

Strawberry (Fragaria vesca) Pollen

This is pollen collected from a wild strawberry flower found in a yard in Redmond, Washington. It has been dewaxed with alcohol but not acetalized. The mounting medium is Shurmount with a refractive index of 1.49. This is at intermediate focus.

Transmitted Oblique Illumination

Definition/Function:

KINGDOM: Plantae /Angiosperms /Eudicots /Rosids ORDER: Rosales FAMILY: Rosaceae SUBFAMILY: Rosiodeae GENUS: Fragaria SUBGENUS : Rubus SPECIES: vesca

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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