American Basswood (Tilia americana) Pollen
This is pollen from an environmental tapelift collected in an office in St. Paul, Minnisota. The mounting medium has a refractive index of 1.49. This is at high focus.
Transmitted Oblique 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 Angiosperms/Eudicots/Rosids ORDER: Malvales FAMILY: Malvaceae (Tiliaceae) SUBFAMILY: Tilioideae GENUS: Tilia SPECIES: americana
Significance in the Environment:
Characteristic Features:
Tricolporate, short colpus,
Associated Particles:
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
