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included |
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position |
anther, style |
Not protruding beyond the floral envelope. See also exsert(ed). |
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inconspicuous |
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manifestation |
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Not prominently evident. |
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incumbent 1 |
= notorhizal |
arrangement |
cotyledons |
Adaxially contiguous and together oppositely parallel to the hypocotyl and radicle, the abaxial surface of one lying against them. |
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incumbent 2 |
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orientation |
anther |
Oppositely parallel to the filament on the adaxial side of the latter. |
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incurved |
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orientation |
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Curving adaxially. See also decurved. |
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indehiscent |
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dehiscence |
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Not splitting or forming an aperture at maturity, the contents being released for dispersal only after decay, digestion, or erosion of the structure. |
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indeterminate |
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development |
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Having the lateral (peripheral, basal, or proximal) portions differentiating first and the terminal (central, apical, or distal) portion later, development thus proceeding sequentially upward or inward. |
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indument |
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STRUCTURE / SUBSTANCE |
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See indumentum. |
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indumentum pl. indumenta var. indument |
= vesture |
STRUCTURE / SUBSTANCE |
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The trichomes and/or exuded substance that overlie a surface proper, regarded collectively. See also coating, pubescence. |
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induplicate |
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aestivation |
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Basically valvate but with each member involute, the lateral abaxial surfaces of adjacent members contiguous. |
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indurate(d) |
= hard |
texture |
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Yielding only under strong pressure; not deformable without internal structural disruption. See also callose (callous), corticate (hard-coated), sclerocaulous (hard-stemmed). |
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indusiate |
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architecture |
sorus |
Having an indusium. |
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indusium pl. indusia |
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STRUCTURE |
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A protective membrane that is an outgrowth from the epidermis and covers a sorus during its maturation; in Polypodiophyta. |
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inferior 1 |
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insertion |
indusium |
Inserted at the base of the sorus. |
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inferior 2 |
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position |
ovary |
Wholly enclosed by a floral tube casing, the distal portions of the perianth and/or androecium thus arising from its apex. |
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inflated |
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solid shape |
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Relatively thin-walled with an essentially empty interior largely enclosed by the walls, which are convex overall and appear taut, as though from internal pressure. See also swollen (turgid, tumid), which is not clearly distinct in its application. |
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inflexed |
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orientation |
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Bent adaxially at some point along its length. |
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inflorescence 1 |
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architecture |
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Mode or progressive pattern of bearing flowers; most appropriately described using adjectival terms. |
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inflorescence 2 |
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STRUCTURE |
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The basic architectural unit of the flower-producing portion of a plant; comprising one or more flowers, their associated supporting axes (peduncles, main axes, branches and pedicels), if any, and the appendages thereto (bracts, bractlets or bracteoles or prophylls, involucres, involucels, and glumes), if any; delimited by the insertion or gradation of a single peduncle, peduncle cluster, pedicel, pedicel cluster, or sessile flower, as the case may be, directly upon or into some proximal vegetative structure not of one of these types; depending upon the type(s) of flowers included, may be bisexual (all flowers bisexual), staminate (all flowers staminate), pistillate (all flowers pistillate), sterile (all flowers sterile), or mixed (two or more types of flowers present); most appropriately described using nominative terms. |
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infrabracteal |
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insertion |
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Upon the axis directly below a bract insertion. |
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infrabracteal |
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position |
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Upon the axis directly below a bract insertion. |
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infrafoliar |
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insertion |
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Upon the stem directly below a leaf insertion. |
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infrafoliar |
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position |
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Upon the stem directly below a leaf insertion. |
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inframedial |
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insertion |
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Slightly below the middle of the structure in point. |
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inframedial |
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position |
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Slightly below the middle of the structure in point. |
