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Term	Definition
-phore (-phorus)	A suffix meaning bearing, e.g. a gynophore which is a stalk that bears the gynoecium (chracteristic of Capparidaceae) and androgynophore which is a stalk bearing both the androecium and the gynoecium (characteristic of Passifloraceae).
a-	A prefix meaning “without,” e.g., a leaf blade that does not have symmetry.
Abaxial	Referring to the side of an organ situated away from the axis; i.e., the morphologically lower surface of a leaf. Opposite of adaxial and same as ventral, under, and lower surface.
Abaxial	The lower part of a structure such as a leaf, i.e., that part of a structure that faces away the main axis to which it is attached. For example, if a leaf is pushed upward and against a stem the surface facing away from the stem is the abaxial surface.
Acanthophyll	A spine derived from a modified leaf or leaflet; e.g, in Desmoncus spp. (Arecaceae).
Acantófilo	Hoja u hojuela modificada en forma de gancho o espina; por ejemplo, en Desmoncus spp. (Areaceae)
Accessory fruit	A type of fleshy fruit that includes some other part of the flower in addition to that which is derived from the ovary. Accessory fruits are usually indehiscent. Examples of this type of fruit are apples, figs, and strawberries.
Achene	A small, dry, indehiscent, one-seeded fruit derived from a superior ovary with the seed attached to the fruit wall at one point only; e.g., species Ranunculus and Carex. Compare with cypsela.
Acrodromous	A leaf venation pattern in which three or more primary veins orginate from a point (usually at the attachment with the petiole) and run in convergent arches to the apex of the blade.
Acronym	An acronym is a code assigned by Index Herbariorum for the herbaria of the world with more than 5,000 collections; for example, the codes for The New York Botanical Garden (= NY), The Royal Botanic Gardens Kew (= K), and the Jardim Botânico do Rio de Janeiro (= RB) are provided.
Actinomorfa	Cuando una estructura al ser dividida en más de un plano, resulta en dos partes iguales. Este término usualmente es aplicado a las flores, e.g. en Gustavia (Lecythidaceae) y a las especies de Myrtaceae. Actinomorfo es lo mismo que regular y radialmente simétrico. Es opuesto a zigomorfo.
Actinomorphic flower	A flower, capable of being divided, by more than one line passing through the middle of the flower, into two equal parts that are mirror images of one another; e.g., in Gustavia (Lecythidaceae), species of Myrtaceae, and species of Rubiaceae. Same as polysymmetric, radially symmetrical, and regular flowers and opposite of zygomorphic, monosymmetric, bilateral, and irregular flowers. This term can refer to other plant parts as well.
Acuática, acuático	Que crece o habita en el agua.
Aculeus (Latin, pl. = aculei, adj. = aculeate)	A prickle or a spine.
Acuminate	Gradually tapering to an acute apex with the sides being concave.
Acute	Sharp; usually referring to the apex of a flattened structure (such as a leaf) in which the two sides are straight and, when they meet, form an angle that is always less than 90°.
Adaxial	Referring to the side of an organ facing toward the axis; i.e., the morphologically upper surface of a leaf. Opposite of abaxial and same as dorsal surface.
Adaxial	The upper part of a structure such as a leaf, i.e., that part of the structure that faces toward the main axis to which it is attached. For example, if a leaf is pushed upward and against a stem the surface facing toward the stem is the abaxial surface.
Admedial	Toward the axis of any structure, especially used to describe leaf venation. Opposite of exmedial.
Admedial	Toward the axis of any structure, especially used to describe leaf venation.
Admedial	Dirigido hacia el eje de una estructura. Término especialmente utilizado para describir el patrón de venas en una hoja. Opuesto a exmedial.
Adnate	Referring to the attachment of one type of structure to another type of structure, as the stamens to the corolla or the stipules to the petiole.
Adventitious	Referring to an organ arising from an unusual position, especially buds or roots; e.g., the aerial roots of species of Araceae.
Adventitious roots	Roots arising directly from a part of the plant other than the primary root, e.g., the roots that arise from the base of the stem of a corn plant (Zea mays) but adventitious roots can also arise from other parts of a plant.
Adventive	Referring to a plant or animal that has become established in a region to which it is not native but does not cause noticible economic or ecological harm.
Aerenchyma	Tissue with large,intercellular, air-filled spaces; e.g., in the petioles of many species of Araceae and in the roots, stems, and leaves of many aquatic plants.
Aerial roots	Adventitious roots of lianas and hemiepiphytes in the forest canopy that ultimately anchor in the ground or some other substrate; e.g., some species of Clusia (Clusiaceae) and Philodendron (Araceae). The aerial roots of some species are split and used to make baskets, furniture, hats and as rope to tie together temporary shelters.
Aerial tuber	A tuber that arises from an aerial root in contrast to a true tuber which arises from underground roots or stems.
Aestivation	The arrangement of the parts of the perianth in the floral bud.
Aggregate fruit	A fruit formed by the coalescence of carpels that were distinct (apocarpous) in flower; e.g., Rubus (blackberry) and Fragaria (strawberry)..
Aguajal	A Spanish name referring to a palm swamp dominated by moriche palms Mauritia flexuosa. Same as morichal in Spanish and burital in Portuguese.
Aguijón, acúleo	Proyección puntiaguda y más o menos cónica del tejido superficial de un tallo; por ejemplo, aquellas localizadas en el tronco y ramas de Ceiba pentandra (Bombacaceae), Jacaratia spinosa (Caricaceae) y la de los tallos de Smilax spp. (Smilacaceae). Comparar con espina
Alate	Refers to a band of tissue running the length of a structure; = winged.
Alate	With a thin, conspicuous ridge running down the length of a structure such as a stem, leaf rachis, ovary, or fruit. Same as winged.
Alien	An animal, plant, or microbe that is introduced or naturally dispersed from one area into to another area. There are two types of alien plants, adentives that cause no apparent economic and ecological harm (e.g., the common mullein) and invasives that cause economic or ecological harm (e.g., the Japanese knotweed).
Allantoid	A solid form sausage-like in outline.
Alternas	Se aplica a las hojas que están dispuestas de manera solitaria en cada nudo en una rama. Comparar con opuestas y verticiladas
Alternate	Referring to leaves and other structures that arise from an axis singly at each node, the leaves can be either simple or compound. Compare with opposite and whorled.
Alternation of generations	Referring to the alternation of the haploid (n) and diploid (2n) generations of plants. In the lower plants (e.g., the bryophytes), the gametophyte generation is the dominant phase and the sporophyte generation depends on it for photosynthate. In contrast, in the higher plants (e.g., the flowering plants) the sporophyte generation is the dominant phase and the gametophyte depends on it for photosynthate.
Ament	A spike with closely congested, often apetalous, unisexual flowers; e.g., staminate inflorescences of species of Betulaceae. Same as catkin. Aments are generally associated with wind pollination.
Amphisarcum (plural = amphisarca)	A simple, indehiscent fruit with the pericarp differentiated externally into a dry crust and internally into one or more fleshy layers.
Amplexicaul (adj. = amplexicaulus)	Clasping the stem as do some stipules and leaf bases.
Amplexicaul (amplexicaulous)	Clasping the stem as do some leaf and stipule bases.
Anadromous	Referring to a venation pattern in which the first vein in a given segment arises on the side of the leaf segment toward the apex.
Androdioecy (androdioecious)	Referring to the sexual condition of a species that bears only staminate flowers on some plants but staminate and pistillate flowers or bisexual flowers on other plants.
Androecial appendages	In the Lecythidaceae, any prolongation from the surface of the androecium; if there are fertile anthers on the appendage they are called a stamens, if there are normal appearing anthers that produce only fodder pollen they are called staminodes, if there are only rudimentary anthers or no anthers at all the appendages they are called vestigial stamens, and if they produce nectar they are called nectar-producing vestigial stamens.
Androecial hood	In the Lecythidaceae, the distal part of the ligule that has become modified either structurally by coiling inward or by the production of staminodes, vestigial stamens, or nectar-producing vestigial stamens. Androecial hoods are usuallly separated from the staminal ring by an appendage-free part of the ligule (the only known exception is Couroupita nicaraguarensis and perhaps a species of the Lecythis sec. Pisonis group not yet identified. Androecial hoods of Lecythidaceae vary according to their degree of structural complexity and the type of androecial appendages they possess.
Androecial hood	In zygomorphic-flowered Lecythidaceae with ligules, the distal part of the ligule that has become modified either by the outgrowth of appendices (= staminodes, vestigial stamens, or nectar-producing vestigial stamens), by an abrupt change in direction of the ligule, or by both. Androecial hoods are usuallly separated from the staminal ring by an appendage-free part of the ligule (the only known exception is Couroupita nicaraguarensis and perhaps a few species of the Lecythis sec. Pisonis group. Androecial hoods of Lecythidaceae vary according to their degree of structural complexity and the type of androecial appendages they possess.
Androecial hood appendages swept inward	A androecial hood type in which appendages arise from an expanded apical or subapical part of the ligule from where they curve into the flower but do not form a coil (e.g., as in species of Eschweilera). The appendices are always more or less fused together at their bases. If the expanded part of the hood is subapical and the ligule extends beyond the thickening, the extension is called the anterior ligular extension. Do not confuse this term with curved appendages (see definition)
Androecial hood double-coiled	The androecial hood is coiled twice inward.

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