Definition of Pollinium. Meaning of Pollinium. Synonyms of Pollinium

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Definition of Pollinium

Pollinium
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 Pollinium 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...
- there is a chance a pollinium would slip into an empty stigmatic slit, dislodge, and remain there. If the orientation of the pollinium is correct and the...
- pulls the pollinium out of the anther, as it is connected to the viscidium by the caudicle or stipe. The caudicle then bends and the pollinium is moved...
- context-dependent, usually referring to stem-like support of tiny items such as the pollinium of an orchid. Often used interchangeably with stipe caulescent possessing...
- time of origin of the Orchidaceae to the Mesozoic. Morphology of the pollinium suggests that M. caribea is closely related to the modern genus Ligeophila...
- present. The apical part of the middle stigma lobe forms a stipe ( = pollinium stalk). The ovary is unilocular. The leaves are distichous or spiraling...
- such a bee visits another flower, this flower might be pollinated by the pollinium.[citation needed] StemĀ : Erect, branched, cylindrical, solid, contains...
- pollinium is detached from the flower when the bee flies away. When the bee visits another flower, the flower is pollinated by the adhering pollinium...
- gave us the special description terminology for the orchids, such as pollinium and gynostemium. The genus Richardia ****h, (Araceae) was named in his...
- one places in contact with the stigma a complete m**** of pollen [i.e., pollinium], or just a part of that m****, for just one of these, cut into eight or...