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prophyllar |
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position |
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Upon or otherwise directly associated with the prophylls (bracteoles, bractlets). |
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gynomonoecious |
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reproduction |
taxon |
Having all plants with both bisexual flowers and pistillate ones. |
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pulvinus pl. pulvini |
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STRUCTURE |
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A short, cushion-like swelling at the junction of stem and leaf or of inflorescence axis and branch. |
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revolute 1 |
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margin |
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Rolled inward abaxially. |
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reclinate |
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vernation |
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Each with its blade oriented downward and parallel to the proximal portion of its distally recurved petiole. |
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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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imperfect |
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architecture |
flower |
Having either stamens or pistils absent or non-functional, thus unisexual. |
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involucrate 2 |
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architecture |
capitulum (head) |
Having an involucre. |
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aerial |
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location |
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Above ground or water level. |
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infrapetiolar |
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position |
bud |
Axillary and surrounded by the petiole base at maturity. |
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septate 2 |
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architecture |
trichome |
Unicellular to multicellular with transverse partitions (septa) that are common cell walls (intercellular) and/or intrusions from longitudinal cell walls (intracellular). |
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coherent |
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fusion |
equivalent structures |
Joined superficially, with no significant histological continuity. |
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loose 2 |
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texture |
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Soft overall, discontinuously and only weakly cohesive. |
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lineate 1 |
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coloration |
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Having very narrow, straight, clear or colored lines that contrast with the ground color. |
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sterigma pl. sterigmata |
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STRUCTURE |
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A portion of a lamina that is prolonged and adherent to the supporting axis beneath the point of vascular insertion. |
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convolute 2 |
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arrangement |
cotyledons |
Each rolled or folded inward longitudinally, one enveloping the other. |
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microgametophyte |
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PLANT |
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A gametophyte whose fertile organs (gametangia) are all antheridia. |
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cyathiate |
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architecture |
inflorescence |
Comprising one or more cyathia. |
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massula pl. massulae |
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STRUCTURE |
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A body of coherent pollen grains, dispersed as a unit; esp. in Asclepiadaceae, Orchidaceae. |
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subopposite |
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arrangement |
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Alternate but verging on opposite. |
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nectar |
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SUBSTANCE |
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An aqueous exudate of high sugar content. |
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calyculus 2 pl. calyculi |
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STRUCTURE |
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Collectively the bractlets (bracteoles) sometimes subtending (beneath or outside) the involucre in a capitulum (head); in Asteraceae (Compositae). |
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mucilage |
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substance |
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A slimy exudate. |
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symbiotic |
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nutrition |
plant |
Partially dependent for essential nourishment upon other living organisms that derive some reciprocal benefit from the relationship. |
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superaxillary |
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position |
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Internodal but close to and directly above the axil(s). |
