Glossary Details – Lecythidaceae

Glossary Details:

Title: A flower of Asclepias. Drawing by B. Angell.

Description: A flower of Asclepias showing the corolla, corona, horn, and pollinia. From the Guide to the Vascular Plants of Central French Guiana. Part 1 (Mori et al., 1997)

Term:

Translator (=translator arm)

Definition:

In the Apocynaceae subfamily Asclepiadoideae and Orchidaceae, the structure connecting the pollinia to the gland. Same as caudicle.