monolete |
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architecture |
spore |
Having a single linear tetrad scar (surficial ridge or angle resulting from ontogenetic coherence with others produced from the same spore mother cell). |
…colpate |
= …fossulate, …furrowed, …grooved, …sulcate, …valleculate |
architecture |
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Having the number of colpi indicated by the prefix; esp. pollen grains; as in monocolpate, polycolpate, 3-colpate. |
capitate 1 |
= headed |
architecture |
inflorescence |
Comprising one or more capitula. |
homocladic |
< homomorphic |
architecture |
taxon, plant |
Having stems that do not differ distinctly in size, shape and/or constitution. |
actinomorphic |
= regular |
architecture |
perianth, calyx, corolla |
Radially symmetric; divisible into two essentially equal portions along any median longitudinal plane. |
interrupted 1 |
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architecture |
foliaceous structure |
Compound with the leaflets alternately large and small. |
cormose |
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architecture |
plant |
Growing from corms. |
leafless |
= aphyllous |
architecture |
plant, axis |
Not bearing leaves. |
cymulose |
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architecture |
inflorescence |
Comprising one or more cymules. |
many-stemmed |
= multicipital |
architecture |
plant |
Having many, more or less equal, principal stems arising at substrate level from a caudex or root crown. |
petaloid |
= petal-like |
architecture |
structure |
Resembling a petal in shape, texture and color. |
haplocheilic |
= simple-lipped |
architecture |
stomate |
Having subsidiary cells not derived from the primary stoma mother cell and thus not immediately related ontogenetically to the guard cells. |
ascidiate 2 |
= pitcher-leaved |
architecture |
plant |
Bearing ascidiate (pitcher-bladed) leaves; esp. in Nepenthaceae, Sarraceniaceae. |
diplostemonous |
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architecture |
flower, androecium |
Having the stamens dicyclic, the proximal whorl with members directly above the sepals, the distal whorl with members directly above the petals. See also obdiplostemonous. |
monopodial |
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architecture |
axes |
Branching laterally, each axis of each order of branches produced by a single, persistently dominant, apical meristem. See also sympodial. |
…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. |
spinose 2 |
= echinate, spiny |
architecture |
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Bearing spines. See also spinulose. |
diacytic |
= caryophyllaceous |
architecture |
stomate |
Having two subsidiary cells that together surround it, their common wall oriented perpendicular to its long axis. |
interrupted 2 |
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architecture |
inflorescence |
Having one or more gaps in an otherwise uniform distribution of flowers or branch units along the main axis. |
chambered |
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architecture |
pith |
Interrupted by cavities that are more or less regularly spaced along the axis and that result from disintegration of tissue prior to axis maturity. |
paleate |
= chaffy |
architecture |
receptacle (torus) |
Bearing paleae (pales, palets, receptacular bracts); in Asteraceae (Compositae). |
indusiate |
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architecture |
sorus |
Having an indusium. |
unifacial |
|
architecture |
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Having two opposite broad surfaces that are essentially similar in appearance. |
…petalous |
= …petaled |
architecture |
flower, perianth, corolla |
Having the number of petals indicated by the prefix; as in pentapetalous. |
andropetalous 1 |
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architecture |
flower, androecium |
Having petaloid, sterile stamens. |