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Pollinium
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Pollinium 

in orchids and milkweeds, a compact mass consisting of tetrads of pollen grains. A pollinium usually develops in two pockets of the anther. Its formation is an adaptation to specialized pollination by insects. In many orchids, the pollinium is part of the pollinarium; in some, it comes loose when the insect makes contact with the inner portion of the flower. In milkweeds, the pollinia are attached in pairs to sticky disks that adhere to the insect.
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They agreed to exempt the following from CITES permitting requirements: seeds; pollinia (the encapsulated pollen of orchids); tissue cultures and flasked seedlings; cut flowers of artificially propagated plants; and, for Vanilla species, fruits, parts, and derivatives from artificially propagated plants.
The role of CITES in orchid conservation by Gabel, Roddy / Endangered Species Update
plebeja was the only moth collected to have orchid pollinia on its body.
Conservation section. (Senior Division 2002) by Chevalier, Cary D. / Transactions of the Missouri Academy of Science
 
 
 
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