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Pot-Pollen as a Discipline: What Does It Include?

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Here we discuss melittopalynology and palynology, quantitative methods, and examples from field studies. The relatively large number of undescribed tropical plant species, 15–50% of the endemic species or even in the family as a whole, produces taxonomic difficulties using barcoding molecular approaches. We emphasize the necessity of studying palynomorphs using the light microscope, particularly to define a genus or “pollen type” as a means for analysis. Classic techniques and a unified lexicon are important, as is development of refined techniques for studying bee-collected pollen.

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Roubik, D.W., Moreno Patiño, J.E. (2018). Pot-Pollen as a Discipline: What Does It Include?. In: Vit, P., Pedro, S., Roubik, D. (eds) Pot-Pollen in Stingless Bee Melittology. Springer, Cham. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-319-61839-5_1

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