Botanist Dr Madeline Harley was, until her retirement in 2005, Head of the Pollen Research Unit at the Royal Botanic Gardens, Kew. Her research work, which is internationally recognised, is concerned mainly with the study of species-specific pollen characteristics in the field of flowering plant evolution and relationships. She has authored or co-authored more than 80 professional articles and books. She has presented her work at numerous international conferences. Dr Harley is a Fellow of the Linnean Society and holds an Honorary Research Fellowship for her work at the Royal Botanic Gardens, Kew. Visual artist Rob Kesseler is University of the Arts London Chair in Arts, Design & Science. His long career has often used plants as a source of inspiration. In 2001 he was appointed National Endowment for Science, Technology and the Arts Fellow at Kew. Since then he has worked with microscopic plant material. He was 2010 Year of Bio-Diversity Fellow at the Gulbenkian Science Institute, Portugal. His work has been shown in museums and galleries in the UK, Europe and North America, including solo exhibitions at The Victoria & Albert Museum, Kew Gardens and the Calouste Gulbenkian Foundation, Lisbon. He is a fellow of the Linnean Society and Royal Society of Arts.

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• Explanatory NotesForeword by Professor Sir Peter CraneThe Art & Science of PollenNo Pollen – No Flowers; No Flowers – No PollenFlower StructureWhere is the pollen?Stamens and PistilsThe Development & Function of PollenThe difference between pollen and sporesPollen StructureThe pollen wallPollen aperturesWhy does pollen have so many variations?Pollen sizePollenkittPollen: natural coloursArtificial pollen colourComparative Pollen StudiesPollen Morphology in Plant Systematics & EvolutionPollen Preparation for Comparative Pollen MorphologySexual Plant ReproductionWhat are flowering plants?Asexual ReproductionHow to Avoid Self-FertilisationSelf-incompatibilityHeterostylyHeteromorphyDichogamyInsectsThe honey beeAre honey bees the only insects that make honey for food?AnimalsWind and waterCo-adaptationPollen as a Pollinator AttractantThe Sex Act – A Seed is BornPicturing the InvisiblePixillated PollenHortus in TransitPostscriptAppendicesGlossaryBibliographyIndex of plants illustratedAcknowledgments

Botanist Dr Madeline Harley was, until her retirement in 2005, Head of the Pollen Research Unit at the Royal Botanic Gardens, Kew. Her research work, which is internationally recognised, is concerned mainly with the study of species-specific pollen characteristics in the field of flowering plant evolution and relationships. She has authored or co-authored more than 80 professional articles and books. She has presented her work at numerous international conferences. Dr Harley is a Fellow of the Linnean Society and holds an Honorary Research Fellowship for her work at the Royal Botanic Gardens, Kew. Visual artist Rob Kesseler is University of the Arts London Chair in Arts, Design & Science. His long career has often used plants as a source of inspiration. In 2001 he was appointed National Endowment for Science, Technology and the Arts Fellow at Kew. Since then he has worked with microscopic plant material. He was 2010 Year of Bio-Diversity Fellow at the Gulbenkian Science Institute, Portugal. His work has been shown in museums and galleries in the UK, Europe and North America, including solo exhibitions at The Victoria & Albert Museum, Kew Gardens and the Calouste Gulbenkian Foundation, Lisbon. He is a fellow of the Linnean Society and Royal Society of Arts.

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• Explanatory NotesForeword by Professor Sir Peter CraneThe Art & Science of PollenNo Pollen – No Flowers; No Flowers – No PollenFlower StructureWhere is the pollen?Stamens and PistilsThe Development & Function of PollenThe difference between pollen and sporesPollen StructureThe pollen wallPollen aperturesWhy does pollen have so many variations?Pollen sizePollenkittPollen: natural coloursArtificial pollen colourComparative Pollen StudiesPollen Morphology in Plant Systematics & EvolutionPollen Preparation for Comparative Pollen MorphologySexual Plant ReproductionWhat are flowering plants?Asexual ReproductionHow to Avoid Self-FertilisationSelf-incompatibilityHeterostylyHeteromorphyDichogamyInsectsThe honey beeAre honey bees the only insects that make honey for food?AnimalsWind and waterCo-adaptationPollen as a Pollinator AttractantThe Sex Act – A Seed is BornPicturing the InvisiblePixillated PollenHortus in TransitPostscriptAppendicesGlossaryBibliographyIndex of plants illustratedAcknowledgments

Botanist Dr Madeline Harley was, until her retirement in 2005, Head of the Pollen Research Unit at the Royal Botanic Gardens, Kew. Her research work, which is internationally recognised, is concerned mainly with the study of species-specific pollen characteristics in the field of flowering plant evolution and relationships. She has authored or co-authored more than 80 professional articles and books. She has presented her work at numerous international conferences. Dr Harley is a Fellow of the Linnean Society and holds an Honorary Research Fellowship for her work at the Royal Botanic Gardens, Kew. Visual artist Rob Kesseler is University of the Arts London Chair in Arts, Design & Science. His long career has often used plants as a source of inspiration. In 2001 he was appointed National Endowment for Science, Technology and the Arts Fellow at Kew. Since then he has worked with microscopic plant material. He was 2010 Year of Bio-Diversity Fellow at the Gulbenkian Science Institute, Portugal. His work has been shown in museums and galleries in the UK, Europe and North America, including solo exhibitions at The Victoria & Albert Museum, Kew Gardens and the Calouste Gulbenkian Foundation, Lisbon. He is a fellow of the Linnean Society and Royal Society of Arts.

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• Explanatory NotesForeword by Professor Sir Peter CraneThe Art & Science of PollenNo Pollen – No Flowers; No Flowers – No PollenFlower StructureWhere is the pollen?Stamens and PistilsThe Development & Function of PollenThe difference between pollen and sporesPollen StructureThe pollen wallPollen aperturesWhy does pollen have so many variations?Pollen sizePollenkittPollen: natural coloursArtificial pollen colourComparative Pollen StudiesPollen Morphology in Plant Systematics & EvolutionPollen Preparation for Comparative Pollen MorphologySexual Plant ReproductionWhat are flowering plants?Asexual ReproductionHow to Avoid Self-FertilisationSelf-incompatibilityHeterostylyHeteromorphyDichogamyInsectsThe honey beeAre honey bees the only insects that make honey for food?AnimalsWind and waterCo-adaptationPollen as a Pollinator AttractantThe Sex Act – A Seed is BornPicturing the InvisiblePixillated PollenHortus in TransitPostscriptAppendicesGlossaryBibliographyIndex of plants illustratedAcknowledgments