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Family
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Referring to a level of taxonomic classification between genus and order, i.e., a family is made up of genera and an order is made up of families; family names end in -aceae (Brassicaceae, Cucurbitaceae, etc.) |
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Fanerocotilar
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Tipo de germinación de una semilla en la que los cotiledones emergen de la cubierta. Comparar con criptocotilar. |
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Farinaceous
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Containing starch or starchlike substances. |
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Farinose
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With a mealy appearance. |
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Fasciation (adj. = fasciated)
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A growth form in which parts of stems, rachises, or flowers of a plant fuse together to form flattened, anomolous forms. |
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Fascicle (Fasciculate)
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Arranged in a tight bundle or cluster |
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Fascicle (fasciculate)
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A tight cluster or bundle of roots, stems, leaves, flowers, or other structures arising from the same point; for example, the inflorescences of Grias cauliflora are fasiculate. |
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Fascículo
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Un denso grupo de flores, hojas, tallos, raíces u otras estructuras que nacen o se originan de un mismo punto común y sin un eje central que las soporte; por ejemplo, las inflorescencias de Grias cauliflora (Lecythidaceae) |
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Faucal appendages
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Scalelike structures located in the throat of the corolla of species of Boraginaceae subfamily Boraginoideae. |
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Félem
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Capa de células suberizadas producidas hacia el exterior por el cambium del corcho. |
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Felodermis
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Capa de parénquima producida hacia el interior por el cambium del corcho. |
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Female flower
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Referring to unisexual flowers with functional gynoecia but without functional stamens (staminodes may be present). Same as staminate flower. |
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Fenestrate
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Pierced with holes; e.g., the trunk of Minquartia guianensis (Olacaceae) or leaves of Monstera spp. (Araceae). |
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Fenología de cornucopia
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Estrategia de floración en la que una inflorescencia produce abundantes flores cada día, este proceso tiene una duración relativamente larga, que va desde desde pocas semanas hasta más de un mes. |
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Fern life cycle
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Referring to the alternation of generations between the gameophyte (haploid) and sporophyte (diploid) stages of a fern. The most conspicuous stage of the life cycle is the sporophyte generation whereas the gametophyte generation is small and inconspicuous. |
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Ferruginous
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Rust-colored, often referring to the color of the pubescence. |
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Fertilization
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In botany, the union between a sperm cell released by a pollen grain and an egg cell in an ovule of a flower. This union results in the development of the embryo within a seed. |
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Festoon (adj. festooned)
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A type of leaf venation in which the secondary veins do not terminate at the margin but join to form a series of prominent arches that form a submarginal nerve and, in addtion, the secondary veins possess closed loops toward their apices. Based on Hickey, 1973. For more information about leaf venation see Ellis et al, 2009. |
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Fetid (foetid)
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Bad smelling. |
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Few
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In botanical descriptions, meaning 10 or fewer in number. |
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Fiber
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An elongated, usually tapering, sclerenchyma cell found in wood. |
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Fibrous roots
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A root system characteristic of monocots in which all of the branches are approximately equal in diameter. Compare with taproot. |
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Field notebook
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A notebook in which the data to be used for making plant labels are recorded. Today, the principal purpose of a field notebook is for providing the data for entering into a database. The labels are then generated directly from the database. A field notebook serves as a permanent record of the collections a collector makes throughout his or her career. The authors prefer a notebook that resists rain such as the "Rite in the Rain" all-weather Jounal, No. 390F." For more information about plant collecting see Tropical Plant Collecting: From the Filed to the Internet. This book can be purchased at: http://tecceditora.com/ or Amazon.com. |
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Field press
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A portable plant press used to hold collections shortly after they have been collected and for the rest of the time a collector is igatjhering specimens. The specimens are numbered and described in the field book, arranged between newspapers, the newspapers are numbered with the number listed in the field book, and then placed in the field press until they are ready to be placed in the drying press. A field press can be as simple as two end boards tied together with two ropes, but the authors prefer more sophisticated presses that keep the specimens dry if it rains and one that can be easily closed with velco straps. For more information about plant collecting see Tropical Plant Collecting: From the Filed to the Internet. This book can be purchased at: http://tecceditora.com/ or Amazon.com. |
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Fig
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A hollow, fruitlike receptacle lined by tiny achenes, the characteristic inflorescence of figs (Ficus spp., Moraceae). Also called a syconium. |
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