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| Stylar collar | A ring-like expansion encircling the style just below the stigma. |
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| Style | The part of the gynoecium between the ovary and the stigma. A style is not always present. |
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| Style | The part of the gynoecium between the summit of the ovary and the stigma. |
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| Style erect | A style that does not bend or slants away from the vertical axis of the ovary. |
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| Style geniculate | A well-defined style that is abruptly bent like a flexed knee. |
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| Style head | The expanded distal part of the style, including the stigma, in some species of Apocynaceae. Same as clavuncle. |
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| Style oblique | Slanting from the verticle. |
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| Stylopodium | An enlargement at the base of the style as in some species of Apiaceae and Lamiaceae. |
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| Submerged | A structure, such as a vein, emeshed in the tissue in which it occurs to such an extent that it is not visibile; usually referring to leaf veins that are not visible and not projecting above the surface of the leaf blade. |
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| Suborbiculate | A suborbiculate shape is widest at the middle and possesses a length to width ratio of greater than 1.2:1 to 1.5:1. Based on Hickey (1973). For more information about leaf morphology and leaf architecture see Ellis et al. (2009). |
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| Subsidiary cells | Epidermal cells that surround stomates and are different in shape, size, or position from other epidermal cells. |
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| Subsidiary cells | Epidermal cells that surround stomates and are different in shape, size, or position from other epidermal cells. |
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| Succulent | Fleshy and juicy, many species of Cactaceae and some species of Euphorbiaceae are succulent. |
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| Sucker | A secondary shoot arising from the base of a tree or shrub or from the bases of many monocots. Same as sprout which is the prefered term. |
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| Sulcado | Surcado o con hendiduras; por ejemplo, el tronco de algunas especies de Aspidosperma (Apocynaceae). Equivalente a acanalado. A una escala menor, se podría referir a los surcos del hipantio de una flor, como a aquellos dispuestos verticalmente, abajo de entre los lóbulos del cáliz de Lecythis mesophylla |
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| Sulcate | Furrowed or grooved. |
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| Sulcate | Furrowed or grooved; e.g., the trunk of some species of Aspidosperma (Apocynaceae). On a larger scale same as fluted. On a smaller scale, it may refer to groves of the seed of Elaeagnus bullatum or those extend downward from between the calyx-lobes of Lecythis mesophylla. |
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| Sulcate hypanthium | Refers to a hypanthium that is furrowed or grooved. |
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| Sulcus (plural = sulci) | A furrow or groove. |
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| Superior ovary | An ovary of a hypogynous or perigynous flower in which the sepals, petals, and stamens arise from beneath or around the ovary (= hypogynous) or from the rim of a hypanthium (=perigynous). |
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| Supra adjacent secondary vein | Referring to the relationship of two secondary veins, in this case referring to a secondary vein that is above another (i.e., in a apical or distal position in relationship to the other). |
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| Supracalycine zone | The area between the calycine ring and the line of opercular dehiscence in a dehiscent-fruited Lecythidaceae. |
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| Supracalycine zone erect | The supracalycine zone goes straight up from the calycine ring to the opercular rim. |
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| Supracalycine zone tapered | The supracalycine zone of the fruit tapers to the opercular rim. |
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| Suprafoliar inflorescence | Referring to an inflorescences that arises from above the leaves. |
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