Definition of Pollinia. Meaning of Pollinia. Synonyms of Pollinia

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Definition of Pollinia

Pollinia
Pollinium Pol*lin"i*um, n.; pl. Pollinia. [NL. See Pollen.] (Bot.) A coherent mass of pollen, as in the milkweed and most orchids.

Meaning of Pollinia from wikipedia

- A pollinium (pl.: pollinia) is a coherent m**** of pollen grains in a plant that are the product of only one anther, but are transferred, during pollination...
- cavity is often closed through swelling of the column. As a result, the pollinia are completely enclosed. The pollen germinates after enclosure and tubes...
- one or two bundles called pollinia that are attached to a sticky disc near the top of the column. Just below the pollinia is a second, larger sticky...
- of Orchidaceae and Asclepiadoideae, the pollen remains in m****es called pollinia, which are adapted to attach to particular pollinating agents such as birds...
- forced to climb up past the staminode, behind which they collect or deposit pollinia, thus fertilizing the flower. There are approximately 165 species in the...
- structure with the hood acting as a sheath for the inner horn. Glands holding pollinia are found between the hoods. The size, shape and color of the horns and...
- One type of automatic self-pollination occurs in the orchid Ophrys apifera. One of the two pollinia bends itself towards the stigma....
- Polytrias amaura (Buse) ****ze Aethonopogon praemorsus Hack. ex ****ze Pollinia praemorsa Nees Polytrias racemosa (Nees) Hack. Ischaemum indi**** (Houtt...
- Mimosa pudica, the insect traps of Venus flytrap and bladderworts, and the pollinia of orchids. The hypothesis that plant growth and development is coordinated...
- grandiflora in Peru, and pollinia of Vanilla species have been observed attached to other species of Eulaema in Panama, and pollinia of Vanilla pompona are...