Pollinarium

(Of asclepioid or orchid flowers) the complete set of pollinia from one or more anthers;


(In some more derived subfamilies of Apocynaceae) complete set of pollinia plus the corpusculum and translator arms;


(In orchids) viscidium, or viscidium and stipe, or the whole structure of pollinia, caudicles, stipes etc.; when there are two viscidia, each half of the set might be termed a pollinium.


The set of pollinia produced by one or more anthers of a flower in some Apocynaceae or the pollen masses plus accessory structures in Orchidaceae.


 


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