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appressed |
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orientation |
lateral structure |
Angled at or near the base and closely flattened against the surface of the bearing structure, thus more or less parallel to it. |
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descending |
= downcurved |
orientation |
lateral structure |
Salient at its base and then curving downward or backward. |
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squarrose |
|
orientation |
lateral structure |
Having the proximal portion appressed and the distal portion deflexed, the latter more or less perpendicular to the surface of the bearing structure. |
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upcurved |
= ascending, assurgent |
orientation |
lateral structure |
Spreading at the base and then curving upward or forward, the distal portion more or less parallel to the bearing structure. |
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patent |
= porrect, salient, spreading |
orientation |
lateral structure |
Antrorse and diverging at an acute angle from the bearing structure. |
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ascidiate 1 |
= pitcher-bladed |
architecture |
leaf |
Having an ascidiform (pitcher-shaped) blade; esp. in Nepenthaceae, Sarraceniaceae. |
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exstipulate |
= estipulate |
architecture |
leaf |
Lacking stipules. |
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pitcher-bladed |
= ascidiate |
architecture |
leaf |
Having a pitcher-shaped (ascidiform) blade; esp. in Nepenthaceae, Sarraceniaceae. |
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estipulate |
= exstipulate |
architecture |
leaf |
Lacking stipules. |
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petiolate |
< stalked |
architecture |
leaf |
Having a petiole. |
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pseudopetiolate |
|
architecture |
leaf |
Having a distinctly constricted, more or less stalk-like, proximal portion that is evolutionarily derived from the blade, the original petiole reduced to the point of absence or vestigiality; esp. in Poaceae (Gramineae). |
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stalked 3 |
= petiolate |
architecture |
leaf |
Having a petiole. |
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stalked 4 |
= petiolulate |
architecture |
leaflet |
Having a petiolule. |
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petiolulate |
< stalked |
architecture |
leaflet |
Having a petiolule. |
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rosetted |
= rosulate |
arrangement |
leaves |
Forming a rosette; strongly congested and disposed in radial symmetry about the main stem at or very near its base, seeming to arise at the same level and often overlapping laterally; esp. in perennial herbs. |
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rosulate |
= rosetted |
arrangement |
leaves |
Forming a rosette; strongly congested and disposed radially about the main stem at or very near its base, seeming to arise at the same level and often overlapping laterally; esp. in perennial herbs. |
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…ovulate |
= …ovuled |
architecture |
megasporophyll, ovary |
Having the number of ovules indicated by the previx; as in biovulate, multiovulate. |
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…ovuled |
= …ovulate |
architecture |
megasporophyll, ovary |
Having the number of ovules indicated by the previx; as in ten-ovuled. |
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synanthous |
|
maturation |
non-floral structure |
Maturing at the same time as the flowers. See also coetaneous. |
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hysteranthous |
|
maturation |
non-floral structure, esp. leaf |
Maturing later than the flowers. |
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hysterophyllous |
|
maturation |
non-foliar structure, esp. flower |
Maturing later than the leaves. |
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connate-perfoliate |
|
architecture |
opposite laminar structures |
Having the bases in each pair fused and together encircling the bearing axis. See also amplexicaulous, perfoliate. |
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superior 2 |
|
position |
ovary |
Not enclosed to any degree by a floral tube casing, the perianth and/or androecium thus arising beneath (proximal to) it. |
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inferior 2 |
|
position |
ovary |
Wholly enclosed by a floral tube casing, the distal portions of the perianth and/or androecium thus arising from its apex. |
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subinferior |
= half-inferior |
position |
ovary |
Having its proximal portion enclosed by a floral tube casing, the more distal portions of the perianth and/or androecium thus arising between its base and apex. |
