Term:
Pollen syntricolpate
Pollen syntricolpate
Definition:
A type of pollen in which the colpi unite at both poles of a pollen grain.
A type of pollen in which the colpi unite at both poles of a pollen grain.
Notes:
In neotropical Lecythidaceae, the pollen is tricolpate or tricolporate. The paleotropical subfamily Barringtonioideae (previously called Planchonioideae, see Thorne, 2000) has a type of pollen, when all of its features are considered, is unique in the flowering plants (Huang, 1994).
In neotropical Lecythidaceae, the pollen is tricolpate or tricolporate. The paleotropical subfamily Barringtonioideae (previously called Planchonioideae, see Thorne, 2000) has a type of pollen, when all of its features are considered, is unique in the flowering plants (Huang, 1994).