pollen

fine to coarse powder containing the microgametophytes of seed plants
Thing general Q79932
pollen
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pollen

Summary

pollen ranks in the top 2% of general entities by monthly Wikipedia readership (2,208 views/month).[1]

Key Facts

  • pollen is a type of microgametophyte[2].
  • pollen's Commons category is recorded as Pollen[3].
  • pollen's said to be the same as is recorded as anther[4].
  • pollen comprises gametophyte[5].
  • pollen comprises Q11926805[6].
  • pollen comprises Q587000[7].
  • pollen comprises generative cell nucleus[8].
  • pollen's topic's main category is recorded as Category:Pollen[9].
  • pollen's described by source is recorded as Brockhaus and Efron Encyclopedic Dictionary[10].
  • pollen's described by source is recorded as Granat Encyclopedic Dictionary[11].
  • pollen's described by source is recorded as The New Student's Reference Work[12].
  • pollen's different from is recorded as flyweight pattern[13].
  • pollen's studied by is recorded as palynology[14].
  • pollen's develops from is recorded as microspore[15].
  • pollen's on focus list of Wikimedia project is recorded as Wikipedia:Vital articles/Level/4[16].

Body

Definition and Type

pollen is a type of microgametophyte[2].

Use and Application

Components include gametophyte[5]; Q11926805[6], a plant morphology[17]; Q587000[7], a plant morphology[18]; and generative cell nucleus[8].

Why It Matters

pollen ranks in the top 2% of general entities by monthly Wikipedia readership (2,208 views/month).[1] pollen has Wikipedia articles in 30 language editions, a strong signal of global cultural recognition.[19] pollen is known by 52 alternative names across languages and contexts.[20]

References

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Direct Wikidata claims

  1. [2] . wikidata.org.
  2. [3] . wikidata.org.
  3. [4] . wikidata.org.
  4. [5] . wikidata.org.
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  6. [7] . wikidata.org.
  7. [8] . wikidata.org.
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  10. [11] . wikidata.org.
  11. [12] . wikidata.org.
  12. [13] . wikidata.org.
  13. [14] . wikidata.org.
  14. [15] . wikidata.org.
  15. [16] . wikidata.org.

Inline context (facts about related entities)

  1. [17] . Wikidata. wikidata.org. → on this site
  2. [18] . Wikidata. wikidata.org. → on this site

Aggregate / graph-position facts

  1. [1] . Wikimedia Foundation. dumps.wikimedia.org.
  2. [19] . Wikidata sitelinks. wikidata.org.
  3. [20] . Wikidata aliases. wikidata.org.

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  1. 14h ago · Twofivesixbot bot · 2026-05-20 view diff on Wikidata ↗
    Studied by palynology
    On focus list of wikimedia project Wikipedia:Vital articles/Level/4
    Subclass of microgametophyte
    Different from flyweight pattern
    + 9 other properties edited (see Wikidata diff for full list)
    "/* wbsetclaim-update-qualifiers:1||1|4 */ [[Property:P2347]]: 16338, mv to monolingual text names on YSO statements"
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