Calyx-lobes

• Title

  Calyx-lobes

• Definition

  The outermost whorl of floral parts and nearly equivalent to sepals. See the general glossary for definitions of calyx and sepals.

• Notes

  In Lecythidaceae, the term calyx-lobes is used because the flowers are inferior and the lower part of the sepals are fused to the ovary and thus the part that can be seen is a lobe of the entire sepal.

• Related Terms

  Sepal (sepals)

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