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leptosporangiate |
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reproduction |
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Having relatively small sporangia each of which develops from a single initial cell that, by periclinal division, gives rise to an outer and an inner cell, the former then giving rise to the entire sporangium, including contents and sporangiophore, the latter contributing nothing to it; in some Polypodiophyta. |
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unisexual |
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reproduction |
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Having functional reproductive structures of only one sex. See also imperfect, pistillate, staminate. |
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entomophilous |
= insect-pollinated |
reproduction |
plant, strobilus, flower |
Having the pollen normally transported between strobili or flowers by insects. |
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androdioecious |
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reproduction |
taxon |
Having some plants with only bisexual flowers and others only staminate ones. |
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hermaphroditic |
= bisexual |
reproduction |
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Having functional reproductive structures of both sexes. See also perfect. |
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asexual |
= apomictic; > agamospermous, apogamous, aposporous, vegetative |
reproduction |
taxon, plant |
Producing new plants by means not involving meiosis or fertilization. |
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masculine |
= male |
reproduction |
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Of the sex that produces microspores and sperm. |
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xenogamous |
= allogamous, allomictic, cross-fertilizing, exogamous |
reproduction |
taxon |
Having fertilization regularly involving gametes derived from different plants. |
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xerocleistogamous |
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reproduction |
flower |
Normally chasmogamous but facultatively cleistogamous during drier than normal periods. |
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androgynecandrous |
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reproduction |
taxon |
Monoecious, each inflorescence having distal and proximal sectors with only staminate flowers and between them a central sector with only pistillate ones. |
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thermocleistogamous |
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reproduction |
flower |
Normally chasmogamous but facultatively cleistogamous during periods of lower-than-normal temperature. |
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androgynous |
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reproduction |
taxon |
Monoecious, each inflorescence having a distal sector with only staminate flowers and a proximal sector with only pistillate ones. |
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dotted 2 |
= punctate |
relief |
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Having small, round, shallow depressions or low protrusions. See also small-dotted (puncticulate). |
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smooth 1 |
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relief |
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Even or unrelieved overall. Strictly applied, this term refers only to the surface proper; however, it is often used to mean glabrous as well. |
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tuberculate |
= tuberculose, verrucose, warty |
relief |
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Covered with small, relatively broad, irregularly shaped, obtuse protrusions. |
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smooth 2 |
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relief |
bark |
Unfissured; not cracked or split to any significant degree. |
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lacunate |
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relief |
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Having relatively large and deep depressions overall. |
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tuberculose 1 |
= tuberculate, verrucose, warty |
relief |
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Covered with small, relatively broad, irregularly shaped, obtuse protrusions. |
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bullate |
= blistered, puckered, pustulate |
relief |
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Having relatively coarse, irregularly disposed, rounded protrusions or convexities resembling blisters. See also papillate (papillose). |
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areolate |
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relief |
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Having numerous, small, irregularly disposed, transversely angular, shallow depressions or low protrusions overall. |
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scabrellate |
= scabrellous, scabridulous |
relief |
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Minutely scabrous (rough, scabrate, scabrid, scabridous). See also spiculate, which is not clearly distinct in its application. |
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muricate |
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relief |
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Having short, hard, more or less acute, transversely round protrusions overall. See also muriculate. |
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ringed |
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relief |
bark |
Fissured, mainly horizontally, with at least some of the fissures individually encircling the stem more or less completely. |
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scabrellous |
= scabrellate, scabridulous |
relief |
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Minutely scabrous (rough, scabrate, scabrid, scabridous). See also spiculate, which is not clearly distinct in its application. |
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muriculate |
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relief |
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Finely muricate. |
