The European Pollen Database (EPD) is a freely available
database
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of
pollen
Pollen is a powdery substance produced by most types of flowers of seed plants for the purpose of sexual reproduction. It consists of pollen grains (highly reduced Gametophyte#Heterospory, microgametophytes), which produce male gametes (sperm ...
frequencies, past and present, in the larger
Europe
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an area. The database is hosted by the
Institut Méditerranéen d'Ecologie et de la Biodiversité (IMBE
re
Partners of the European Pollen Database on the EPD web site.
See also
*
Pollen count
References
* Fyfe, R. M. et al. (2009) ''The European Pollen Database: past efforts and current activities''. Vegetation History and Archaebotany 18:417-424 (Open Access)
External links
Home page of the European Pollen Database
Biological databases
Databases in Europe
Online botany databases
Palynology
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