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English
Etymology
From 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.
Translations
region near the pole of some pollen grains which is bounded by the lines connected the colpal apices