Actinomorphic flower
Flower of Gustavia brachycarpa. Photo by R. Aguilar.
Creator(s): R. Aguilar
Description: Actinomorphic flower of Gustavia brachycarpa based on Reinaldo Aguilar 8451 from the Osa Peninsula, Puntarenas, Costa Rica. One of the petals is damaged.
Rights: Rights reside with creator, otherwise property of NYBG.
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Title
Actinomorphic flower
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Definition
A flower, capable of being divided, by more than one line passing through the middle of the flower, into two equal parts that are mirror images of one another; e.g., in Gustavia (Lecythidaceae), species of Myrtaceae, and species of Rubiaceae. Same as polysymmetric, radially symmetrical, and regular flowers and opposite of zygomorphic, monosymmetric, bilateral, and irregular flowers. This term can refer to other plant parts as well.
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