Ovules tenuinucellate
Tenuinucellate and crassinucellate ovules. Drawing by C.-H. Tsou.
Creator(s): C.-H. Tsou
Description: A comparison of tenuinucellate and crassinucellate ovules. For more information about the presence of tenuinucellate ovules in Lecythidaceae see Tsou (1994).
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Title
Ovules tenuinucellate
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Definition
The presence of no cells or a single cell layer between the megasporophyte and the epidermal cells in the early development of the megasporophyte.
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