• (n.) The part which in some Siphonophora bears the male gonophores. • (n.) A support or column on which stamens are raised.
A stalk bearing the androecium. ... (09 Oct 1997) ... 
An'dro·phore noun [ Greek 
The cylinder or column formed by monadelphous filaments, as in the mallow and bombax tribes.
androphore In botany, a name applied by some to the column formed by the united filaments in monadelphous plants, or a more or less columnar portion of the receptacle bearing several anthers.
a stalk or column supporting the stamens, formed by the fusion of their filaments.