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position |
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CHARACTER |
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Location or disposition with reference to some dissimilar structure(s) or larger context. The lexicons relating to position and insertion overlap to a great degree, since these two morphological concepts are often inseparable in practice. Also overlaps conceptually with arrangement, habit, orientation, and shape. |
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virgate |
= wand-like |
architecture |
axis |
Long, slender, unbranched, and more or less straight. |
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wand-like |
= virgate |
architecture |
axis |
Long, slender, unbranched, and more or less straight. |
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elongate |
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plane shape |
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Longer in one dimension than in any other. |
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elongate |
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solid shape |
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Longer in one dimension than in any other. |
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medullose |
= pithy |
texture |
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Loose or spongy internally, denser and firmer externally. |
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pithy |
= medullose |
texture |
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Loose or spongy internally, denser and firmer externally. |
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farinaceous 2 |
< mealy |
pubescence |
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Loose, dry, and disintegrating in finely granular pieces like meal or flour. |
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mealy 2 |
> farinaceous, farinose |
pubescence |
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Loose, dry, and disintegrating in finely granular pieces like meal or flour. |
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procumbent |
= prostrate, supine, trailing |
habit |
axis |
Lying directly upon the substrate over its entire length. |
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prostrate |
= procumbent, supine, trailing |
habit |
axis |
Lying directly upon the substrate over its entire length. |
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supine |
= procumbent, prostrate, trailing |
habit |
axis |
Lying directly upon the substrate over its entire length. |
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trailing |
= procumbent, prostrate, supine |
habit |
axis |
Lying directly upon the substrate over its entire length. |
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oblique 2 |
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orientation |
planate lateral structure |
Lying in a plane not coincident with the one defined by its longitudinal axis and that of the bearing structure. |
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synanthous |
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maturation |
non-floral structure |
Maturing at the same time as the flowers. See also coetaneous. |
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coetaneous |
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maturation |
dissimilar structures |
Maturing concurrently. This adjective is frequently used to mean contemporary maturation of leaves and flowers, but without actually stipulating that those are the structures involved. Such usage is erroneous according to the construction and literal meaning of the term, which properly applies to structures, not to the taxon or plant. See also synanthous. |
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early-maturing |
= precocious |
maturation |
structure |
Maturing early in the growing season, or early relative to the developmental progress of its context. |
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precocious |
= early-maturing |
maturation |
structure |
Maturing early in the growing season, or early relative to the developmental progress of its context. |
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late-maturing |
= serotinous |
maturation |
structure |
Maturing late in the growing season, or late relative to the developmental progress of its context. |
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serotinous |
= late-maturing |
maturation |
structure |
Maturing late in the growing season, or late relative to the developmental progress of its context. |
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hysteranthous |
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maturation |
non-floral structure, esp. leaf |
Maturing later than the flowers. |
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hysterophyllous |
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maturation |
non-foliar structure, esp. flower |
Maturing later than the leaves. |
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scabridulous |
= scabrellate, scabrellous |
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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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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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. |
