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White Clover (Trifolium repens) Pollen Under the Microscope

White Clover (Trifolium repens) Pollen

This is pollen collected from a White Clover flower found in a yard in Seattle, 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 cross-section focus.

Transmitted Oblique Illumination

Definition/Function:

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

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