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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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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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siliceous |
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texture |
epidermis, trichome |
Containing deposits of silica, thus hardened and abrasive. |
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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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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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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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villosulous |
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pubescence |
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Finely villose (shaggy, villous). |
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canalicular |
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insertion |
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Upon or otherwise directly associated with the channel of a petiole or petiolule. |
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solitary 1 |
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arrangement |
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Disposed singly, each remote from any others. |
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syncarpous |
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architecture |
flower, gynoecium |
Having one or more compound pistils. |
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antisepalous |
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insertion |
equivalent floral structures |
Each inserted directly above or below a sepal. In place of this term, the phrase "opposite the sepals" is often used, but that contradicts the sense of opposite as otherwise employed (arrangement of lateral structures along an axis) and should be avoided. |
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muricate |
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relief |
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Having short, hard, more or less acute, transversely round protrusions overall. See also muriculate. |
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retrorse |
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orientation |
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Directed generally backward, toward the proximal end of the context of reference, parallel or at an acute angle to the bearing structure. |
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spinulose |
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architecture |
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Finely spinose. |
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terrestrial |
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habit |
plant |
Growing upon the ground, usually rooted in it. |
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chaff 1 |
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STRUCTURE |
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Collectively, the paleae (pales, palets) sometimes borne on the receptacle of a capitulum (head) in Asteraceae (Compositae). |
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tomentulose |
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pubescence |
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Finely tomentose. |
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asymmetric(al) 2 |
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architecture |
flower |
Having the perianth members in whorls that are irregular and/or unequal in number of members. |
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heartwood |
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STRUCTURE |
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The senescent inner or central portion of the wood (xylem) of an older stem or root, its cells no longer living, in which conduction has ceased and primary reserve materials are no longer stored; often containing terminal metabolic products; usually darker in color than the living, conducting sapwood that encircles it. |
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oblong 1 |
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plane shape |
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Compressed-elliptic, the sides approximately parallel from near one end to near the other. See also elliptic(al) (oval). |
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decurrent |
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base |
laminar structure |
Having the lamina prolonged and adherent to the supporting axis beneath the point of vascular insertion, the prolonged portion termed a sterigma. |
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limp |
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texture |
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Lacking stiffness in in one or more dimensions, thus drooping or sagging where unsupported. |
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firm |
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texture |
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Yielding under only moderately strong pressure; only slightly deformable without internal structural disruption. |
