Androecial hood: Couroupita guianensis-type

• Title

  Androecial hood: Couroupita guianensis-type

• Definition

  In this type of hood, there is an appendage-free area between the staminal ring and the androecial hood proper. The appendages bear normal looking anthers but they contain fodder pollen (=staminodes) and the hood is slightly thickened.

• Notes

  Because the androecial appendages bear fodder pollen they are called staminodes.

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