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wand-like |
= virgate |
architecture |
axis |
Long, slender, unbranched, and more or less straight. |
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allagostemonous |
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architecture |
flower, androecium |
Having the stamens inserted alternately upon petals and the receptacle. |
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synandrous |
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architecture |
flower, androecium |
Having the stamens connate. |
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epulvinate |
|
architecture |
inflorescence axis, petiole |
Lacking a pulvinus. |
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compact |
= congested, crowded |
architecture |
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Having equivalent constituent parts disposed very near to one another. |
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heteromorphic |
> heteroblastic, heterocephalous, heterocladic, heterophyllous, heterostylous |
architecture |
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Occurring in two or more distinctly different forms within the taxon in point, at either the same or different times, in either the same or different plants. |
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disarticulating |
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architecture |
axis |
Articulate(d) and with the main portions of the whole separating at the joints upon maturity or senescence. |
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flabelliramous |
= polytomous |
architecture |
axis |
Branching by division of the apical meristem to produce more than three equal derivatives. |
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paniculiform |
= panicle-like |
architecture |
capitulescence, inflorescence |
Resembling a panicle, but not strictly such. |
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thyrsate |
|
architecture |
inflorescence |
Comprising one or more thyrses. |
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fenestrate |
|
architecture |
pollen grain |
Having more or less isodiametric, regularly disposed lacunae. |
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stalked 5 |
= funiculate |
architecture |
ovule |
Having a funiculus (funicle), by which it is attached to the ovary wall. |
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imperfect |
|
architecture |
flower |
Having either stamens or pistils absent or non-functional, thus unisexual. |
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sheathing 1 |
|
architecture |
foliaceous structure |
Differentiated into distinct proximal and distal portions, the former terete or involute and closely enclosing the bearing axis above the point of insertion. |
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…tepaled |
= …tepalous |
architecture |
flower, perianth |
Having the number of tepals indicated by the prefix; as in six-tepaled. |
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multicipital |
= many-stemmed |
architecture |
plant |
Having many, more or less equal, principal stems arising at substrate level from a caudex or root crown. |
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floriferous |
= flower-bearing |
architecture |
plant, structure |
Bearing flowers. |
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sepal-like |
= sepaloid |
architecture |
structure |
Resembling a sepal in shape, texture and color. |
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raceme-like |
= racemiform |
architecture |
capitulescence, inflorescence |
Resembling a raceme, but not strictly such. |
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asymmetric(al) 2 |
|
architecture |
flower |
Having the perianth members in whorls that are irregular and/or unequal in number of members. |
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glomerate |
= agglomerate |
architecture |
inflorescence |
Comprising one or more glomes. |
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cucullate 1 |
= hooded |
architecture |
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Bearing, incorporating, or surmounted by a hood-shaped structure. |
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brachiate |
|
architecture |
axis |
Having alternate, divaricate branches. |
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actinocytic |
|
architecture |
stomate |
Having several subsidiary cells oriented radially to its center. |
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heterophyllous |
< heteromorphic |
architecture |
taxon, plant |
Having leaves that differ distinctly in size and/or shape, either on the same plant at the same or different times or segregated on separate plants within the taxon. |
