striped |
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coloration |
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Having one or more elongate, relatively narrow and, when multiple, more or less parallel, areas of contrasting hue and/or intensity. |
circumcaulous |
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insertion |
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Upon and surrounding the stem. |
suprafoliar |
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position |
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Upon the stems, each directly above (distal to) and very near a point of leaf insertion. |
reproduction |
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CHARACTER |
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Type, morphology, disposition, function and/or dissemination of reproductive structures. |
birettaform |
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solid shape |
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Approximately square in cross section and shallowly convex at the top; like a biretta (Roman Catholic cleric's hat). |
superposed 2 |
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position |
buds |
Axillary in pairs, one member of each pair directly above the other. |
flanged |
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plane shape |
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Having a relatively broad circumferential rim or ridge that protrudes laterally. |
convolute 3 |
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vernation |
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Each rolled laterally and wholly surrounded by and/or surrounding the one(s) next adjacent. |
…porate |
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architecture |
pollen grain |
Having the number of pores indicated by the prefix; as in monoporate, polyporate, triporate. |
cyathiform |
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solid shape |
perianth, calyx, corolla, pappus |
Having a cupulate tube and an indistinct, erect limb. See also cotyliform, urceolate (urn-shaped). |
cyathium pl. cyathia |
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nominative |
inflorescence |
Resembling a single flower, the unbranched axis very short with a terminal pistillate flower and several lateral staminate flowers, the whole subtended and to some degree enclosed by a cupulate envelope of bracts, the flowers diminutive and presumed to be evolutionarily reduced; characteristic of Euphorbia. |
percurrent 2 |
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architecture |
tertiary laminar veins |
Perpendicular to and interconnecting adjacent parallel secondary veins, the secondary and tertiary veins together forming a scalariform pattern. |
obterete |
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solid shape |
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Inversely terete. |
equitant |
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arrangement |
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Alternate, distichous, basal, and congested, each conduplicate with its lateral edges overlapping and/or overlapped by those of the immediately adjacent one(s). |
drupaceous |
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architecture |
fruit |
Having the structure and texture of a drupe. |
indeterminate |
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development |
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Having the lateral (peripheral, basal, or proximal) portions differentiating first and the terminal (central, apical, or distal) portion later, development thus proceeding sequentially upward or inward. |
toothlet |
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STRUCTURE |
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A diminutive tooth (dens). See also sawtooth, sawtoothlet, scallop (crena), scalloplet (crenule). |
haplomorphic |
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architecture |
flower |
Having the members of each set of basic floral structures numerous and spirally arranged, the flower hemispheric to conoidal overall. |
elongate |
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solid shape |
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Longer in one dimension than in any other. |
aerial |
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location |
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Above ground or water level. |
extent |
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CHARACTER |
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Reach of the septum or septa within the ovary or fruit, relative to the ovary wall or pericarp and its center. |
simple-craspedodromous |
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venation |
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Having a midvein that branches to either side along the length of the lamina, the secondary veins and their branches all running toward and terminating at the margin. |
fenestrate |
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architecture |
pollen grain |
Having more or less isodiametric, regularly disposed lacunae. |
mixed-craspedodromous |
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venation |
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Having a midvein that branches to either side along the length of the lamina, the secondary veins running thence toward the margin, some becoming indistinct before reaching it, others terminating there. |
diplostemonous |
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architecture |
flower, androecium |
Having the stamens dicyclic, the proximal whorl with members directly above the sepals, the distal whorl with members directly above the petals. See also obdiplostemonous. |