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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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suprafoliar |
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position |
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Upon the stems, each directly above (distal to) and very near a point of leaf insertion. |
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poricidal |
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dehiscence |
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Forming one or more apertures in the exterior wall, usually apically or sub-apically, through which the contents pass to the outside. |
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abortive |
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maturation |
spore, pollen, seed |
Never attaining functional maturity due to defective or arrested development. |
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trichotomous |
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architecture |
axis |
Branching by division of the apical meristem producing three coordinate but not necessarily equal derivatives from each division. |
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brachiate |
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architecture |
axis |
Having alternate, divaricate branches. |
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stephanoporate |
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architecture |
pollen grain |
Having more than three pores disposed equatorially. |
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anthelate |
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architecture |
inflorescence |
Comprising one or more anthelae; esp. in Juncaceae. |
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unbranched 2 |
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architecture |
laminar veinlet |
Not branching within the areole. |
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dull |
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reflectance |
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Reflecting only a low proportion of incident light, with no apparent sheen. |
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subopposite |
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arrangement |
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Alternate but verging on opposite. |
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toothlet |
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STRUCTURE |
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A diminutive tooth (dens). See also sawtooth, sawtoothlet, scallop (crena), scalloplet (crenule). |
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integument |
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STRUCTURE |
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A distinct layer of tissue that encloses and serves to protect the other tissues of an organ, especially a seed. |
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aquatic |
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habit |
plant |
Growing in water. |
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valvate 1 |
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aestivation |
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Whorled and with members not overlapping, adjacent members laterally contiguous at their margins. |
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mixed-craspedodromous |
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venation |
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Having a midvein that branches to either side along the length of the lamina, the secondary veins running thence toward the margin, some becoming indistinct before reaching it, others terminating there. |
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superaxillary |
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position |
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Internodal but close to and directly above the axil(s). |
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isostemonous |
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architecture |
flower, androecium |
Having the stamens essentially alike in size and shape. |
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oblique 1 |
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base |
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Asymmetric about its longitudinal axis. |
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pseudostem |
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STRUCTURE |
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A structure that resembles a stem but is not part of the axial system of a shoot, lacking anatomical differentiation into nodes and internodes. |
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concentric |
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position |
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Having a center or axis of symmetry coincident with that of the context of reference. |
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cymule |
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nominative |
inflorescence |
A diminutive cyme, with few flowers, few or no branches, and short axes. |
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spathe |
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STRUCTURE |
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A usually relatively large, sometimes showy, foliose bract subtending and sometimes partially enclosing an inflorescence, esp. a spadicate one; in Liliidae (monocotyledons). |
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pyxis pl. pyxides |
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nominative |
fruit |
Like a capsule but circumscissile, the one or more seeds being released from the locule(s) upon separation of the distal, cap-like portion of the pericarp. See also diplotegium. |
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aristate 2 |
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apex |
pappus scale |
Terminating in one or more awn- or bristle-like appendages. |
