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| Gamete | A haploid (n) reproductive cell, two of which fuse to form a diploid (2n) zygote. |
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| Gametophyte | The gamete-producing haploid phase (n) of a plant's life cycle. |
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| Gamopétala | Igual a simpétala |
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| Gamopetalous corolla | Having petals united for at least part of their length. Same as sympetalous; Opposite of polypetalous and choripetalous. |
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| Gamosépalo | Se refiere al cáliz que posee los sépalos fusionados. Opuesto a dialisépalo |
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| Gamosepalous calyx | Having sepals united for at least part of their length. Same as synsepalous calyx. |
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| Gap | An opening in the canopy of the forest created by falling trees and branches. |
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| Geitonogamy (geitonogamous) | Referring to the fertilization of the ovules of a flower by pollen from another flower of the same plant. Compare with xenogamous. |
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| Gemma (gemmiferous; plural = gemmae) | A specialized vegetative bud that often separates from the parent plant to produce a new plant. The gemmae in bryophytes are grouped together in a cup from which they are splashed out of and dispersed by rain drops. A plant that bears gemmae is said to be gemmiferous. |
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| Gemmae cups | A small receptacle or cup on upper surface of bryophytes in which gemmae are produced from which they are splashed out of and dispersed by rain drops. |
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| Geniculate | Abruptly bent like a flexed knee. |
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| Gibbous | Pouched or swollen on one side. |
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| Gibbous | Swollen on one side. |
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| Gland | A secretory structure such as a floral or extrafloral nectary; a glandlike body whether it is secretory or not; e.g., the body connecting, via translators, the two pollinia of Apocynaceae subfamily Asclepiadoideae. |
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| Glándula | Estructura secretoria, como un nectario floral o extrafloral. Un cuerpo glandular ya sea que secrete o no; por ejemplo, el corpúsculo que conecta los dos polinios de las Apocynaceae subfamilia Asclepiadoideae |
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| Glandular trichome | Hairlike outgrowths of the epidermis with bulbous expansions at their apices that presumably secretes substance that maket difficult for insect predators to eat the plant. |
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| Glandular trichomes | Hairlike outgrowths of the epidermis with bulbous expansions at their apices. |
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| Globose | Referring to a spherical solid shape. |
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| Glume | A bract at the base of a spikelet in the Poaceae. |
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| Ground layer | A hypothetical stratum of tropical rain forests consisting of herbs and other small plants that grow close to the ground. Same as ground story. |
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| Ground story | Lowest layer of vegetation in a forest; composed of terrestrial herbs. Same as but less preferred than ground layer. |
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| Growth form | The life form of a plant; e.g., herb, tree, or shrub. Same as habit. |
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| Guard cells | Two cells that flank each side of the stomatal opening. These cells control the input and output of carbon dioxide and oxygen and the output of water by opening and closing at different times of the day. |
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| Guard cells | Two cells that flank each side of the stomatal opening. These cells control the input and output of carbon dioxide and oxygen and the output of water by opening and closing at different times of the day. |
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| Gymnosperm | A vascular plant with seeds not enclosed in an ovary (examples of gymnosperms are cycads, pines, firs, and spruce trees). The name of this group of plants means naked seeds. |
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