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clambering |
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habit |
plant, axis |
Reclining upon and spreading across other plants or objects without the aid of special holding structures or growth patterns. |
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linear 1 |
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arrangement |
bundle scars |
Disposed in a more or less straight line. |
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stephanocolpate |
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architecture |
pollen grain |
Having more than three surficial grooves (colpi) oriented meridionally. |
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first glume |
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STRUCTURE |
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The lower (proximal) or sometimes solitary small bract inserted at the base of a grass (Poaceae) spikelet, the second glume, when present, inserted immediately above (distal to) it. |
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hirtellous |
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pubescence |
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Finely hirsute. |
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scaly 2 |
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architecture |
bud, bulb |
Invested by scale-like (squamiform) structures. |
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hypochilium |
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STRUCTURE |
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The proximal portion of a labellum (lip) that has distinct proximal, distal, and sometimes also central parts; in Orchidaceae. See also epichilium, mesochilium. |
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tunicate |
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architecture |
structure |
Having a tunic. |
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acroscopic |
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orientation |
subordinate structure |
Directed, facing, or pointing ("looking") toward the apex of the bearing structure. |
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…colporate |
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architecture |
pollen grain |
Having the number of colpi indicated by the prefix, each containing a pore; as in dicolporate, 3-colporate. |
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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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drupaceous |
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architecture |
fruit |
Having the structure and texture of a drupe. |
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allagostemonous |
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architecture |
flower, androecium |
Having the stamens inserted alternately upon petals and the receptacle. |
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silique |
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nominative |
fruit |
Dry, septifragal, two-loculed and derived from a single, superior, compound ovary; much longer than broad; dehiscing along two sutures, one adaxial, one abaxial, leaving a single persistent septum (replum) after the two valves of the pericarp have fallen away; esp. in Brassicaceae (Cruciferae), Capparaceae. See also silicle. |
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vascular bundle |
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STRUCTURE |
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A discrete strand of conducting tissues (xylem, phloem) and associated cells (e.g., cambium) within a stem or other axial structure. |
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elongate |
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solid shape |
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Longer in one dimension than in any other. |
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andropetalous 2 |
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derivation |
flower, perianth, corolla |
Having some or all petals derived from stamens. |
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ray floret |
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STRUCTURE |
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A floret that has a zygomorphic corolla, is pistillate (either fertile or sterile) or neuter, and is borne in a radiate capitulum (head) peripheral (proximal) to the disc florets; in Asteraceae (Compositae). |
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superposed 2 |
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position |
buds |
Axillary in pairs, one member of each pair directly above the other. |
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corolla tube 1 |
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STRUCTURE |
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A relatively narrow, fully connate portion of a sympetalous (gamopetalous) corolla proximal to a broader portion (limb) that comprises the distinct or connate distal portions of the petals; except in bisexual or staminate disc florets of Asteraceae (Compositae). |
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canalicular |
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position |
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Upon or otherwise directly associated with the channel of a petiole or petiolule. |
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petiolar |
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insertion |
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Upon or otherwise directly associated with the petioles. |
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sorus pl. sori |
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STRUCTURE |
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A cluster of sporangia borne upon a fertile frond, usually on its abaxial surface; often covered during maturation by a protective membrane, the indusium, that is an outgrowth from the epidermis; in Polypodiophyta. |
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epigynous |
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insertion |
perianth, calyx, corolla, androecium |
Having its proximal portion adnate to the full length of the gynoecium, the free portion thus arising from the apex of the gynoecium. See also hypogynous, perigynous. |
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antisepalous |
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position |
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. |
