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hypanthium 1 (broad sense) pl. hypanthia |
= floral cup (broad sense), floral tube |
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A complex structure comprising fused portions of the perianth and/or androecium of a flower, sometimes also including receptacular tissue; surrounding and wholly, partly, or not at all adnate to the gynoecium; subdivided morphologically into casing, collar and/or neck; sometimes bearing free distal portions of the constituent structures. |
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panicle |
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inflorescence |
A compound (branched) raceme, the elongate main axis either determinate or indeterminate, its lateral branches racemose. |
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infructescence 2 (not recommended) |
= coenocarp, multiple fruit, syncarp; > fig, syconium |
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A compound fruit derived from the connate or coherent ovaries and accessory tissue(s), if any, of two or more adjacent flowers. |
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cone |
= strobilus; > female cone, macrostrobilus (not recommended), male cone, megastrobilus, microstrobilus |
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A compound or complex reproductive structure consisting of a central axis bearing congested imbricate sporophylls and sometimes also sterile bracts. |
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strobilus pl. strobili |
= cone; > female cone, macrostrobilus (not recommended), male cone, megastrobilus, microstrobilus |
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A compound or complex reproductive structure consisting of a central axis bearing congested sporophylls and sometimes other lateral members (e.g., bracts) that are sterile. |
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synangium pl. synangia |
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A compound sporangium; an aggregation of coherent sporangia, the whole multilocular. |
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spikelet |
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inflorescence |
A compound structure belonging to the penultimate subdivisional order of a sedge or grass inflorescence; consisting of one or more florets (each a diminutive flower subtended by specialized bractlets (bracteoles) called scales or glumes in sedges, lemma and palea in grasses), spicately arranged along a common axis (rachilla), the axis and florets together subtended by one or (usually) two bracts (first and second glumes). The spikelet is usually considered to be the basic unit of inflorescence in Cyperaceae and Poaceae (Gramineae). |
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female cone |
= macrostrobilus (not recommended), megastrobilus |
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A cone (strobilus) whose fertile organs are all megasporophylls. |
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male cone |
= microstrobilus |
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A cone (strobilus) whose fertile organs are all microsporophylls. |
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corona pl. coronae, coronas |
> gynostegium |
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A crown-like set of connate or distinct appendages or enations borne upon a corolla or androecium or between them. |
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cucullus pl. cuculli |
= hood |
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A cucullate (cuculliform) structure or component, esp. in an inflorescence or flower. |
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cupule |
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A cup-like structure inserted at the base of a fruit, partially enclosing it or not; composed of a persistent, usually dried, sometimes hardened involucre, perianth, or portion thereof, the constituent parts often coalescent, yielding a unitary structure. |
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bostryx pl. bostryches |
= helicoid cyme |
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A cyme in which each axial segment branches to only one side, and all branch to the same side, the whole thus appearing to have an elongate main axis that curves or coils toward its unbranched side. See also scorpioid cyme. |
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helicoid cyme |
= bostryx; > cincinnus |
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inflorescence |
A cyme in which each axial segment branches to only one side, and all branch to the same side, the whole thus appearing to have an elongate main axis that curves or coils toward its unbranched side. See also scorpioid cyme. |
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scorpioid cyme |
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nominative |
inflorescence |
A cyme in which each axial segment branches to only one side, the successive segments branching alternately to either side, the whole appearing to have a continuous, elongate, straight to zig-zag main axis. See also cincinnus, helicoid cyme (bostryx). |
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rhipidium pl. rhipidia |
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inflorescence |
A cyme with the branches alternate and disposed in two opposite ranks along the main axis, the whole fan-like. |
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anthela pl. anthelae |
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nominative |
inflorescence |
A cyme with the main axis markedly shorter than the lateral axes, appearing generally paniculate when compound; esp. in Juncaceae. |
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fibrous root |
< diffuse root |
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A diffuse root that includes a significant component of woody or sclerotic strands and is consequently tough and often wiry. |
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bracteole 1 |
= bractlet; < bract |
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A diminutive bract, or a bract that is smaller than others present. |
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bractlet 1 |
= bracteole; < bract |
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A diminutive bract, or a bract that is smaller than others present. |
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crenule |
= scalloplet |
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A diminutive crena (scallop). See also dens (tooth), sawtooth, sawtoothlet, toothlet. |
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cymule |
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inflorescence |
A diminutive cyme, with few flowers, few or no branches, and short axes. |
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sawtoothlet |
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A diminutive sawtooth. See also scallop (crena), scalloplet (crenule), tooth (dens), toothlet. |
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scalloplet |
= crenule |
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A diminutive scallop (crena). See also sawtooth, sawtoothlet, tooth (dens), toothlet. |
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squamella 1 pl. squamellae |
= squamule; < scale, trichome |
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A diminutive squama (lepis). |
