Ovules anatropous

Creator(s): C.-H. Tsou

Description: Ovules with two (bitegmic) and one (unitegmic) integuments and anatropous and hemitropous ovule orientation.

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  • Title

    Ovules anatropous

  • Definition

    Referring to a curved downwardly oriented ovule in such a way that the micropyle is close to the funicular attachment.

  • Notes

    In neotropical Lecythidaceae, the ovules are anatropous, bitegmic, and tenuinucellate.

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