Pollen Protein Sequence Similarity Tree

Dissecting Scope Images

Daffodil
35x
Pollen looks like little sugar crystals

Narcissus
35x
Sugar-like pollen, but surface of petal looks fuzzy

Tulip
35x
Surface of petal looks brown and dead, but pollen looks
small, yellow, and sugar-like

Pollen Data Table

Common Name	Scientific Name	Pollen size (μm) L x W	Pollen Type	Number of Apertures	Surface Texture
Narcissus	Narcissus papyraceus	55.5 x 49.5	Inaperture	0	Foveolate
Daffodil	Narcissus poeticus	43.9 x 27.3	Monocolpate	1	Foveolate
Tulip	Tulipa epidulis	55.5 x 49.5	Monocolpate	1	Scabrate

SEM Pollen Images

Tulip

2000x

50.5 x 55.5 µm
More of a circular shape and oddly shaped pollen compared to the other two flowers

Narcissus

2000x

23.8 x 49.6 µm
Oval shaped with a dip in the middle of the pollen. Some pollen is folded

                                                                                 
                                                                                 

                                                                     

Daffodil

2000x

27.4 x 43.9 µm
Oval shaped and looks like stones

Light Microscope Images

Daffodil

400x

Stuck together

Ovular shaped

Many small holes

A couple of larger holes

Narcissus
400x

Multiple pollen

Often grouped

Circular/ovular

Lots of little circles within the pollen

Tulip

400x

Circular

Extreme amounts of little dots

Almost like a pattern

Moving(?)

Some have small creases

Researched Plants

Tulip

Scientific name: Tulipa epidulis

 Photo by Brian Johnson 

 Daffodil 

Scientific name: Narcissus pseudonarcissus

Photo by Danielle Cook 

 Narcissus

Scientific name: Narcissus papyraceus

Photo by James J. Murray