Question
Differentiate between.
Pollen and pollenium.
Pollen and pollenium.
✓
Answer
Differences between pollen and pollinium are as follows:
| Pollen | Pollinium | |
| i. | Pollen or Pollen grain is single microspore and represents male gametophyte. | Polliniumk represents group of pollen grains held together. |
| ii. | Pollen grains are found in number of angisopermic families viz. Liliaceae, Convulvulaceae, Malvaceae, etc. | Pollinium is found in Orchidaceae and Asclepiadaceae. |
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