Luffa Pollen (Whole Mount)
Luffa aegyptiaca
A whole mount preparation of Luffa pollen grains (Luffa Pollen W.M.) double-stained with Safranin and Fast Green. The spherical to subglobose pollen grains represent a characteristic dicotyledonous tricolporate morphological type from the Cucurbitaceae family. Dual counterstaining clearly contrasts the outer, highly resistant exine layer containing sporopollenin against the inner intine wall layer and cytoplasmic contents.
- Category
- Botany & Plants
- Magnification
- 20x
- Stain
- Safranin / Fast Green
- Tags
- Luffa pollen whole mount, Luffa, Luffa pollen, pollen grains, Cucurbitaceae, microspore, tricolporate pollen, exine, intine, sporoderm, male gametophyte, pollen morphology, whole mount, angiosperm reproduction, palynology, botany, plant histology
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