Secondary pollen presentation
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Title
Secondary pollen presentation
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Definition
The presentation of pollen to the pollinator in a place other than the anther.
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Notes
In general, it is believed that neotropical Lecythidaceae do not have secondary pollen presentation but we have sometimes observed that pollen falls onto the inner part of the first coil of an androecial hood and, thus, can be rubbed onto the ventral surface of a pollinator, generally bees, while they are taking nectar from the nectar chamber at the apex of the coils. If this hypothesis is correct, then pollen from the vestigial stamens of androecial hood would be placed on the ventral surface and what is left in the anthers of the staminal ring would be placed on the dorsal surface of the pollinators.
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