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aphyllous |
= leafless |
architecture |
plant, axis |
Not bearing leaves. |
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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. |
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pterocaulous |
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architecture |
plant |
Having alate (winged) stems. |
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alete |
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architecture |
spore |
Lacking a tetrad scar (surficial ridge or angle resulting from coherence with others produced from the same spore mother cell). |
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thyrsate |
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architecture |
inflorescence |
Comprising one or more thyrses. |
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…celled |
= …cellular |
architecture |
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Having the number of cells indicated by the prefix; as in one-celled, few-celled, 5-celled. |
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fenestrate |
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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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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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imperfect |
|
architecture |
flower |
Having either stamens or pistils absent or non-functional, thus unisexual. |
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sheathing 1 |
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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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acroramous |
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architecture |
axis |
Branching at or near the apex. |
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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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cruciate 1 |
= cross-shaped |
architecture |
corolla, perianth |
Having four petals or tepals disposed in pairs of opposite members, the whole resembling a cross when viewed from above. |
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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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glomerulate |
|
architecture |
inflorescence |
Comprising one or more glomerules; esp. in Asteraceae (Compositae). |
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…spermous |
= …seeded |
architecture |
fruit |
Having the number of seeds indicated by the prefix; as in oligospermous, polyspermous, tetraspermous. |
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irregular 1 |
|
architecture |
perianth, calyx, corolla |
Imperfectly actinomorphic, the constituents disposed symmetrically but unequal in size and/or shape. See also peloric. |
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ringent |
= gaping, personate |
architecture |
corolla |
Bilabiate with the upper lip inwardly arcuate, the lower lip prominent and appressed to the upper at the level of the throat or junction of tube and limb, which is thus normally occluded but which gapes, resembling an open mouth, when the whole is compressed laterally. |
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cotyloid |
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architecture |
flower |
Having general adnation among the different sets of floral structures, thus having the ovary inferior and/or having a floral tube. |
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heteropolar |
|
architecture |
pollen grain, spore |
Having morphologically evident polarity, the proximal and distal halves dissimilar. |
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…pterous |
= …winged |
architecture |
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Having the number of alae (wings) indicated by the prefix; as in dipterous, polypterous, tetrapterous. |
