apocolpium

English

Etymology

apo- +‎ colpi +‎ -um

Noun

apocolpium (plural apocolpia)

(palynology) The region near the pole of some pollen grains which is bounded by the lines connected the colpal apices.
- 1952, Gunnar Erdtman, Pollen Morphology and Plant Taxonomy‎, published 1986, →ISBN, page 14:
  The apocolpia (one at the proximal, the other at the distal pole) comprise the rest of the (non-apertural) surface.

Related terms

apocolpial
mesocolpium

Translations

region near the pole of some pollen grains which is bounded by the lines connected the colpal apices

Portuguese: apocólpio m

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