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Plantain

Family, Genus: Plantaginaceae, Plantanus

Size  19 - 25 um
Shape  spheroidal
Exine 1 um thick
Intine  .8 um thick
Pores 4 - 10 pores, 3 um in diameter
Sculpting  verrucate
Bloom Period  May - July
Allergenicity  significant allergen

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                          Plantago Major taken by Brian Hoffman

Dr. M. Davis images:

References:

Bassett, John, Clifford Crompton and John Parmelee.  An Atlas of Airborne Pollen Grains and Common Fungus Spores of Canada.  Canada Department of Agriculture, 1978. 

Jelks, Mary, M.D.  Allergy Plants that Cause Sneezing and Wheezing.  World Wide Printing, Tampa, 1986. 

Kapp, Ronald O.  Pollen and Spores, Second Edition.  The American Association of Stratigraphic Palynologists Foundation, 2000. 

Lewis, Walter H., Prathibha Vinay and Vincent E. Zenger.  Airborne and Allergenic Pollen of North America.  The Johns Hopkins University Press, Baltimore and London, 1983. 


page created by: Brian Hoffman