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prophyllar |
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insertion |
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Upon or otherwise directly associated with the prophylls (bracteoles, bractlets). |
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stipel |
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STRUCTURE |
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A stipular analogue subtending a leaflet. |
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hysteranthous |
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maturation |
non-floral structure, esp. leaf |
Maturing later than the flowers. |
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semicraspedodromous |
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venation |
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Having a single median primary vein that branches to either side along the length of the lamina, each secondary vein running thence toward and bifurcate near the margin, one branch terminating at the margin, the other upwardly arcuate and merging with the superadjacent secondary vein, thus forming one of a series of marginal loops. |
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style |
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STRUCTURE |
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A narrow, usually elongate, ontogenetically distal portion of a simple or compound pistil, overtopping the ovary and bearing one or more stigmas; arising from the summit of the ovary, but sometimes apparently from its base at maturity to ontogenetic displacement from its primordial distal position. In a compound pistil the various simple (carpellary) components of the style(s) may not be connate over their entire lengths; the pistil is then regarded as having a branched style or styles. |
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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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column 2 |
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STRUCTURE |
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A fused androecium (connate stamens) closely surrounding but free from the gynoecium; esp. in Malvaceae. |
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duration |
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CHARACTER |
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Extent of lifetime, or persistence and physical state after maturation. |
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funicular |
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derivation |
aril |
Produced from or a modification of the funiculus (funicle). |
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sinuate |
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margin |
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Having regular, curved, smoothly connected, alternating concavities and convexities. See also repand. |
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venation |
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CHARACTER |
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Configuration of laminar vasculature as to its hierarchical organization and the dispositions of component orders. For descriptive purposes, the orders of vasculature are ranked with reference only to the lamina in point, irrespective of rank within any larger vascular context. |
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conoidal |
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solid shape |
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Generally but not strictly conic. |
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bursicle |
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STRUCTURE |
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A pouch- or flap-like protrusion from the stigma that encloses the caudicle of a pollinium. |
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emergent |
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location |
plant, structure of aquatic plant |
Rising from beneath the water surface to a point above it. |
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monochlamydeous |
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architecture |
flower |
Having a monocyclic perianth. |
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reduced |
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size |
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Unusually or unexpectedly small. |
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supramedial |
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insertion |
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Just above the middle of the structure in point. |
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angular |
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plane shape |
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Having sides that meet at acute or obtuse angles. |
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waisted |
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solid shape |
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Constricted in width or breadth at or near the middle of its length. |
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epiphytic |
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habit |
plant |
Physically supported in its entirety by another plant through all or the major part of its life. |
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rhizophore |
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STRUCTURE |
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A stem branch that bears no leaves and from which roots eventually arise; esp. in Selaginellaceae. |
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woody-clumping |
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habit |
plant |
Having or developing the character of a woody clump. See also arboreous, arborescent, bushy, frutescent, fruticose, shrubby, subshrubby, suffrutescent, suffruticose, tree-like. |
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explosive |
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dehiscence |
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Opening abruptly with almost instantaneous aperture formation and release of accumulated structural tensions, the contents thus forcibly expelled. |
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nucellus pl. nucelli |
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STRUCTURE |
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The distinct, genetically diploid tissue layer immediately surrounding the embryo sac of an ovule; often considered equivalent to a megasporangium wall. |
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texture |
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CHARACTER |
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Substantial properties. Overlaps conceptually with solid shape, as to thickness. |
