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Our understanding of the elements and patterns of pollen development represent the outgrowth of extensive light microscopic studies of many 19th century plant anatomists. These insights have been refined, classified and extended by studies with the transmission electron microscope, and most recently by observations with the scanning electron microscope. Some overlapping vocabulary and uncertainty in the meaning of names and labels attached by different workers to various pollen elements has occurred. To help avoid misunderstandings in this volume, the descriptive vocabulary will be clarified in these initial pages. Examples will be given to illustrate a few of the most common patterns of pollen differentiation.
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Stanley, R.G., Linskens, H.F. (1974). Development. In: Pollen. Springer, Berlin, Heidelberg. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-642-65905-8_1
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