Filament stalk

• Title

  Filament stalk

• Definition

  A constricted area at the apex of the filament to which the anther is attached.

• Notes

  All neotropical Lecythidaceae have a constriction between the filament proper and the anther. This character has also been called the anther stalk or filament constriction in different publications.

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