cup-shaped |
= calyciform, cupulate |
solid shape |
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Truncate-globose with the distal margin more or less entire; like the bowl of a cup. |
cupulate |
= calyciform, cup-shaped |
solid shape |
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Truncate-globose with the distal margin more or less entire; like the bowl of a cup. |
perigynium 1 pl. perigynia |
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STRUCTURE |
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Two whorls of bracts, scales or setae immediately subtending the ovary, sometimes cupulate (cup-shaped) or ampulliform (flask-shaped, lageniform) and investing the fruit (achene); in Cyperaceae. |
reproduction |
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CHARACTER |
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Type, morphology, disposition, function and/or dissemination of reproductive structures. |
smooth 2 |
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relief |
bark |
Unfissured; not cracked or split to any significant degree. |
simple 2 |
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architecture |
trichome |
Unicellular and unbranched. |
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). |
concolor(ous) |
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coloration |
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Uniform in hue and intensity of color; esp. leaves with identically colored adaxial and abaxial surfaces. |
globose |
= globular, orbicular, rotund, spheric(al), spheroid(al) |
solid shape |
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Uniformly convex, circular in any median section and in outline when viewed from any angle; like a globe or sphere. |
globular |
= globose, orbicular, rotund, spheric(al), spheroid(al) |
solid shape |
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Uniformly convex, circular in any median section and in outline when viewed from any angle; like a globe or sphere. |
orbicular |
= globose, globular, rotund, spheric(al), spheroid(al) |
solid shape |
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Uniformly convex, circular in any median section and in outline when viewed from any angle; like a sphere or globe. |
rotund |
= globose, globular, orbicular, spheric(al), spheroid(al) |
solid shape |
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Uniformly convex, circular in any median section and in outline when viewed from any angle; like a sphere or globe. |
spheric(al) |
= globose, globular, orbicular, rotund, spheroid(al) |
solid shape |
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Uniformly convex, circular in any median section and in outline when viewed from any angle; like a sphere or globe. |
spheroid(al) |
= globose, globular, orbicular, rotund, spheric(al) |
solid shape |
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Uniformly convex, circular in any median section and in outline when viewed from any angle; like a sphere or globe. |
prismatic |
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solid shape |
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Uniformly polygonal in transverse section, basally and apically truncate, all faces essentially plane. |
glossy |
= laevigate, lustrous, polished, shining, shiny |
reflectance |
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Uniformly reflecting a high proportion of incident light at all angles. |
laevigate 2 |
= glossy, lustrous, polished, shining, shiny |
reflectance |
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Uniformly reflecting a high proportion of incident light at all angles. |
lustrous |
= glossy, laevigate, polished, shining, shiny |
reflectance |
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Uniformly reflecting a high proportion of incident light at all angles. |
polished |
= glossy, laevigate, lustrous, shining, shiny |
reflectance |
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Uniformly reflecting a high proportion of incident light at all angles. |
shining |
= glossy, laevigate, lustrous, polished, shiny |
reflectance |
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Uniformly reflecting a high proportion of incident light at all angles. |
shiny |
= glossy, laevigate, lustrous, polished, shining |
reflectance |
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Uniformly reflecting a high proportion of incident light at all angles. |
continuous 2 |
= solid |
architecture |
pith |
Uninterrupted by cavities and essentially homogeneous in texture at axis maturity. |
solid |
= continuous |
architecture |
pith |
Uninterrupted by cavities and essentially homogeneous in texture at axis maturity. |
diaphragmed |
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architecture |
pith |
Uninterrupted by cavities but heterogeneous in texture at axis maturity, with sectors of spongy tissue separated by relatively thin transverse plates of denser tissue that occur at the nodes or are otherwise regularly spaced along the axis. |
entire |
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margin |
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Uninterrupted; not deviating significantly from its general line, thus lacking any localized convexities or concavities. |