Glossary
Pollen Atlas Glossary
Anisopolar
pollen grain with different poles.
Apolar
(POLLEN) – pollen grain without a distinct polarity.
Heteropolar
the two polar areas have a different shape.
Isopolar
pollen grain with the proximal pole like the distal one.
Polar
(POLLEN) - pollen grains with a visible polarity.
Polar axis
imaginary line connecting the two poles.
Polar view
view from which it is possible to observe the shape, sculpture, cytoplasm and apertures of a pollen grain in polar position.
Polarity
pollen characteristics to possess two endowed poles of equal or different features.
Subisopolar
pollen grain in which the two polar areas are not quite the same. The one can be more or less convex than the other or even flat.
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