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spiraperturate

adj

spiraperturate

adj
1

Biology, Botany, Natural sciences Of a pollen grain Having an aperture that is spiral in shape.

  • […] (spiraperturate pollen grains). Spiraperturate pollen grains are found in some liliopsids, such as Lomandra, Aphyllanthes , and Eriocaulaceae. A modified type of the spiraperturate pollen grain is observed in Baxteria[…]1991, Armen Leonovich Takhtadzhi͡an, Evolutionary Trends in Flowering Plants, Columbia University Press, →ISBN, page 149:

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