Pedicel/hypanthium

  • Title

    Pedicel/hypanthium

  • Definition

    The pedicel is articulate in all species of Lecythidaceae. In some species the hypanthium tapers to the articulation and resembles a pedicel and, in other species, the hypanthium is truncate and does not resemble a pedicel. Thus, everything from the calyx to the articulation and from the articulation to the rachis is called the pedicel/hypanthium.

  • Related Terms

    Pedicel scar

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