Inner integument extruded

• Title

  Inner integument extruded

• Definition

  An inner integument that is longer than the outer integument and forms the micropyle.

• Notes

  The ovules of neotropical Lecythidaceae are anatropous, bitegmic, and tenuinucellate.

• Related Terms

  Ovule

  Ovules anatropous

  Integument

  Ovule bitegmic

  Micropyle

  Ovules tenuinucellate

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