Placentation bilamellar

• Title

  Placentation bilamellar

• Definition

  A type of placentation that runs the length of the locule with two rows of ovules attached to two lamellae.

• Notes

  In the Lecythidaceae, this type of placentation is only known in species of Couroupita.

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