Common Name
|
Scientific Name
|
Pollen size (μm)
|
Pollen Type
|
Number of Apertures
|
Chrysanthemum
|
Chysanthemum pacificum
| 28 (x) |
Trilete
|
3
|
Sunflower
| Helianthus annus |
31.5
|
Zonocolporate
|
Several
|
Christmas Cactus
| Schlumbergera cultivars | 58 (x) |
Triporate
|
3
|
This table demonstrates the similarities and differences between the pollen of the 3 flowers we studied. Though none of the flowers are very similar in shape, the pollen diameters of chrysanthemum and sunflower are far closer than the diameter of christmas cactus pollen, with a difference of only 3.5 μm in the summer blooming flowers.
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