Glossary
Pollen Atlas Glossary
Angular
type of pollen shape in polar view.
Anisopolar
pollen grain with different poles.
Anulus
thickened or thinned ring-shaped membrane around a pore.
Aperture
opening to allow pollen tube germination. Zone of pollen grain surface in which the exine thins or completely lacks.
Apiculate
kind of pollen shape in equatorial view.
Apocolpium
polar area delimited by the colpus extremities.
Apolar
(POLLEN) – pollen grain without a distinct polarity.
Apoporium
polar area delimited by the pori extremities.
Areolate
ref. sculture. Sporoderm divided into areas or islands and surrounded by absence of reticulum.
Aspidioporate
aperture with two thickened and sharp protuberances.
Atrium
cavity found in aspidioporate pollens.
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