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Several pollen grains form a unit design...

Several pollen grains form a unit designated as pollinium in Family

A

Asteraceae

B

Cucuribitaceae

C

Asclepiadaceae

D

Brassicaceae

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C
In Calotropis and related plants of Family Asclepiadaceae, all the pollen grains of an anther lobe remain united in a single sac called pollinium. Two pollinia of adjacent anthers are attached to produce a translator.
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