Viscidium

• Title

  Viscidium

• Definition

  In the Orchidaceae, a sticky part of the rostellum that is removed with the pollinia as a unit and serves to attach the pollinia to the dispersal agent.

• Related Terms

  Stipe (stipitate)

  Pollinium (plural = pollinia)

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