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phanerocotyloid |
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germination |
seed |
Having the cotyledon(s) emerging from the seed coat. |
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perianth |
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STRUCTURE |
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Collectively, all the sterile, primary, lateral organs (tepals, or sepals and/or petals) of a flower; inserted upon the floral axis immediately beneath (proximal to) the reproductive organs (androecium and/or gynoecium) and surrounding them, often protectively; lacking in some taxa; the individual members typically laminar and more or less foliaceous; widely regarded as consisting of the evolutionarily modified leaves of a fertile shoot; the constituent members undifferentiated with respect to one another, or else differentiated into more or less distinct floral envelopes (calyx and corolla), one or the other of which is deemed lacking in some taxa due to evolutionary reduction following differentiation. |
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cirrhous |
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apex |
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Having a narrow spiral tip that is a continuation of the central primary vein. |
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utricle |
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nominative |
fruit |
Dry, indehiscent, one-seeded and with the pericarp thin and free from the seed; derived from a single, superior, simple ovary. |
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pollinarium pl. pollinaria |
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STRUCTURE |
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A pollinium together with, when present, its stipe and viscidium; the entire unit of pollinium dispersal. |
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V-form |
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arrangement |
bundle scars |
Disposed in an open-ended triangular pattern, like the letter V. |
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pseudomonadal |
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arrangement |
pollen |
Apparently monadal but each grain actually comprising an unseparated original tetrad in which the contiguous walls between component grains have dissolved. |
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ramal |
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position |
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Upon or otherwise directly associated with the stem branches. |
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rhytidomal |
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insertion |
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Within, upon, or otherwise directly associated with the bark. |
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integumentary |
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derivation |
aril |
Produced from or a modification of one or both seed integuments. |
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indument |
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STRUCTURE / SUBSTANCE |
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See indumentum. |
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isthmus |
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STRUCTURE |
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A narrower portion connecting two wider or broader portions of an inclusive structure. |
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silicle |
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nominative |
fruit |
Like a silique, but only slightly longer than broad to broader than long; esp. in Brassicaceae (Cruciferae), Capparaceae. |
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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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spinescent |
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architecture |
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Becoming spinose. |
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basicauliramous |
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architecture |
plant |
Having the stem(s) branching at or near the base. See also basiramous. |
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appendage |
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STRUCTURE |
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Any subordinate structure ontogenetically derived from and associated with a given organ or part. |
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corolla pl. corollae, corollas |
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STRUCTURE |
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Collectively, the petals of a flower, whether distinct or connate; the inner or distal envelope of a differentiated perianth, whether the other envelope (calyx) is actually present or is deemed to be absent due to evolutionary reduction. |
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staminodial |
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position |
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Upon or otherwise directly associated with the staminodes. |
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cymulose |
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architecture |
inflorescence |
Comprising one or more cymules. |
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subtending |
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position |
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Arising from the axis just below and very near to the base of some other specified lateral structure. This term is meaningless if the structure that is subtended is not indicated. |
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birettaform |
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solid shape |
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Approximately square in cross section and shallowly convex at the top; like a biretta (Roman Catholic cleric's hat). |
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diplecolobal |
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arrangement |
cotyledons |
Incumbent but with the cotyledons folded together twice or more, the folds transverse. |
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muriculate |
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relief |
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Finely muricate. |
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syncolporate |
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architecture |
pollen grain |
Syncolpate, each groove containing a pore. |
