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TERMINOLOGY OF STRUCTURES ASSOCIATED WITH POLLINIA OF THE ASCLEPIADACEAE
Author(s) -
Newton L. E.
Publication year - 1984
Publication title -
taxon
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 0.819
H-Index - 81
eISSN - 1996-8175
pISSN - 0040-0262
DOI - 10.2307/1220779
Subject(s) - biology , pollination , terminology , botany , linguistics , pollen , philosophy
Summary Unambiguous terms are proposed for referring to the structures associated with detatched pollinia of the Asclepiadaceae. A pollinating insect carries a bipollinium, comprising a pair of pollinia joined by caudicles to a corpuscle.