stephanocolporate |
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architecture |
pollen grain |
Stephanocolpate, each groove containing a pore. |
bulbose |
= bulbous |
architecture |
plant |
Growing from and/or bearing bulbs. |
diffuse |
|
architecture |
plant, stem |
Having branches remote and divergent to divaricate. |
gamopetalous |
= sympetalous |
architecture |
flower, perianth, corolla |
Having two or more petals that are partially or wholly connate. |
…cephalous |
= …headed |
architecture |
capitulescence, inflorescence |
Having the number of heads (capitula) indicated by the prefix; as in monocephalous, tricephalous, polycephalous. |
acroramous |
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architecture |
axis |
Branching at or near the apex. |
stalked 1 |
= pedicellate |
architecture |
flower |
Having a pedicel. |
costate |
= ribbed |
architecture |
laminar structure |
Having one or more costae (ribs). |
umbel-like |
= umbelliform |
architecture |
capitulescence, inflorescence |
Resembling an umbel, but not strictly such. |
…carpellate |
= …carpelled |
architecture |
flower, gynoecium, pistil, ovary, fruit |
Deemed to have or to consist of the number of carpels indicated by the prefix; as in polycarpellate,tricarpellate, unicarpellate. |
berry-like |
= baccate |
architecture |
fruit |
Having the structure and texture of a berry. |
contractile |
|
architecture |
structure |
Diminishing in length, or acquiring the potential energy for a sudden decrease, due to the generation of internal tension during tissue development. |
odd-pinnate |
= imparipinnate |
architecture |
foliaceous structure |
Compound with each order pinnate and comprising an uneven number of members, one of them terminal. |
symmetric(al) 2 |
|
architecture |
flower |
Having the perianth members in whorls that are actinomorphic and equal in number of members. |
heterocladic |
< heteromorphic |
architecture |
taxon, plant |
Having stems that differ distinctly in size, shape and/or constitution, either together on the same plant at the same or different times or segregated on separate plants within the taxon. |
stephanoporate |
|
architecture |
pollen grain |
Having more than three pores disposed equatorially. |
bulbous |
= bulbose |
architecture |
plant |
Growing from and/or bearing bulbs. |
alete |
|
architecture |
spore |
Lacking a tetrad scar (surficial ridge or angle resulting from coherence with others produced from the same spore mother cell). |
gamophyllous |
|
architecture |
plant, shoot axis, involucre |
Having pairs or whorls of leaves or bracts that are connate at their edges. |
bracteate |
= bracted |
architecture |
|
Bearing or subtended by one or more bracts. |
stalked 2 |
= pedunculate |
architecture |
inflorescence |
Having a peduncle. |
umbellate |
|
architecture |
inflorescence |
Comprising one or more umbels. |
carpellate (not recommended) |
= pistillate |
architecture |
inflorescence, flower, floret |
Having functional pistils but no functional stamens, thus unisexual and female. |
semistalked |
= subsessile |
architecture |
structure |
Almost stalkless; having a very short, somewhat indistinct stalk. |
sympetalous |
= gamopetalous |
architecture |
flower, perianth, corolla |
Having two or more petals that are partially or wholly connate. |