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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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tomentose |
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pubescence |
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Bearing dense, short, stiff, capillate trichomes. See also tomentulose. |
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asymmetric(al) 1 |
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solid shape |
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Not divisible into essentially equal halves along any line or plane. |
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decumbent |
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habit |
axis |
Reclining upon the substrate proximally, ascending to erect distally. |
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prickly |
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architecture |
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Bearing prickles. |
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cladodromous |
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venation |
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Having a single median primary vein that branches to either side along its length, the secondary veins running thence toward the margin, but freely ramifying and becoming indistinct before reaching it. |
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limb 2 |
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STRUCTURE |
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The portion of the corolla of a bisexual or staminate disc floret distal to the level of filament insertion; in Asteraceae (Compositae). |
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trigamous |
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reproduction |
inflorescence |
Bearing flowers of three differing sexual constitutions; esp. in Asteraceae (Compositae). |
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barbed 1 |
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apex |
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Terminated by a small, relatively stiff, acutely reflexed, hook-like structure. |
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palate |
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STRUCTURE |
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The lower, prominent labium (lip) of a personate (gaping, ringent) corolla. |
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acropetal |
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development |
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Proceeding toward the apex, thus more advanced basally or proximally than apically or distally within a given frame of reference. |
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floret |
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STRUCTURE |
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A very small, structurally specialized flower, especially when occurring in capitulum (head; Asteraceae), or in a spikelet (Poaceae), where it includes the immediately subtending bracts (lemma and palea). |
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pappus scale |
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STRUCTURE |
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A pappus element that is more or less planate and relatively thin and broad; may terminate in one or more awn- or bristle-like appendages. |
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bract 2 (strict sense) |
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STRUCTURE |
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Any primary or first-order lateral structure ontogenetically and anatomically analogous with, and therefore presumably homologous with, but relatively smaller than, a leaf, especially when subtending an inflorescence, other reproductive structure, or portion thereof; putatively, an evolutionarily reduced leaf. |
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indument |
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STRUCTURE / SUBSTANCE |
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See indumentum. |
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drooping |
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orientation |
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Erect to salient (patent, porrect, spreading) proximally and curving downward distally. |
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raceme |
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nominative |
inflorescence |
An elongate, unbranched main axis bearing pedicellate flowers inserted singly along it. |
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siliceous |
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texture |
epidermis, trichome |
Containing deposits of silica, thus hardened and abrasive. |
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vascular |
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insertion |
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Upon or otherwise directly associated with the vasculature. |
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internode |
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STRUCTURE |
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Any portion of a stem between two successive nodes. |
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superposed 1 |
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arrangement |
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Approximate to congested, inserted directly above and below one another. |
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andromonoecious |
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reproduction |
taxon |
Having all plants with both bisexual flowers and staminate ones. |
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solid shape |
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CHARACTER |
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Overall three-dimensional form or aspect(s) thereof. Overlaps conceptually with architecture, arrangement, habit, insertion, orientation, position, relief, and texture (as to thickness). |
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campylotropous |
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orientation |
ovule |
Having the (reniform) ovule curved toward the ovary wall, the micropyle facing the wall, and the funiculus attached near the center of the concave side, the curvature and displacement of funicular insertion due to asymmetrical growth during ontogenesis. |
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reticulodromous |
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venation |
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Having a single median primary vein that branches to either side along the length of the lamina, the secondary veins running thence toward the margin, branching repeatedly, becoming less distinct, and yielding a dense higher-order reticulum near the margin. |
