Cypsela (plural = cypselae)
A disk flower of an Asteraceae. Drawing by B. Angell.
Creator(s): B. Angell
Description: A disk flower of an Asteraceae. The cypsela is the fruit and the pappus is the modified calyx. The presence of a bifurcate sytle, syngynesious anthers, and a corolla tube are also characteristic of Asteraceae.
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Title
Cypsela (plural = cypselae)
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Definition
A dry, indehiscent fruit derived from an inferior, bicarpellate ovary; e.g., in Asteraceae. Similar to an achene, but derived from an inferior ovary and attached to the fruit wall throughout, i.e., not at a single place as in an achene.
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