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Pedunculate
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Possessing a peduncle. |
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Pedúnculo
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Parte basal del eje de la inflorescencia |
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Pega-pega
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Se refiere a plantas que dispersan sus frutos o semillas por contacto, pegándose a las plumas o pelos de los animales. Muchas malezas tienen este tipo de dispersión, frecuentemente se pegan a las ropas de las personas |
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Pellucid dots
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Dots that transmit light when held against a light source, often observed on the leaves of some species of Myrtaceae and Rutaceae. |
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Pelos Combretáceos
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Se refiere a largos pelos unicelulares, agudos, con una pared muy gruesa, que poseen hacia la base un compartimento interior cónico; característico de las Combretaceae. |
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Peltada
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Se refiere a una lámina de la hoja cuyo peciolo está insertado en la porción inferior interna y no en el margen; por ejemplo, Nymphaea glandulifera (Nymphaeaceae) y Hydrocotyle umbellata (Apiaceae). |
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Peltate leaf
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Referring to a leaf blade attached to the petiole by its lower surface rather than its margin; for example species of Nymphaea glandulifera, Hydrocotyle umbellata, and those illustrated for this term. |
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Peltate scale
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A scale attached to a stalk by its lower surface rather than its margin; for example, the abaxial and adaxial surfaces of the leaves of Dendrobangia boliviana, the leaves of species of Duguetia, and the leaves of species of Croton and other species of Euphorbiaceae, and many species of Capparidaceae may have peltate scales. |
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Pendent, pendulous
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Hanging. |
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Penicillate
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Shaped like an artist’s brush; e.g., the stigma of some species of Turnera (Turneraceae). |
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Pepo
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A fleshy, indehiscent, many-seeded fruit with a rigid exocarp typical of many species of Cucurbitaceae. |
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Percurrent growth
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In the Viscaceae, the longitudinal pattern of shoot growth through continued activity of the apical meristem. |
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Percurrent tertiary venation
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Tertiaries from the opposite secondaries joining (Hickey, 1973) |
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Percurrent veins
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Veins of the same order that run parallel to each another between veins of a higher order; e.g., tertiary veins and their orientation between secondary veins. |
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Perennate
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Referring to an organ; e.g., an inflorescence, persisting for more than one flowering period. |
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Perennial
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A plant that lives and produces seeds for three or more years. Compare with annual and biennial. |
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Perfect flower
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Referring to a flower that possesses both male (staminate) and female (pistillate) organs. |
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Perfoliate
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Referring to a stem that penetrates two leaf bases that are completely fused together. When two leaf bases wrap around the stem the leaf is said to be amplexicaulous or clasping. |
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Perfoliate
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Referring to a stem that with two leaf bases that are completely fused together, i.e., the leaves look as if their bases grew through the leaves. |
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Perforate
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Provided with holes; e.g., the leaves of some species of Monstera (Araceae). |
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Pergameneous
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With the texture of parchment. |
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Perianth
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The collective term for the calyx and the corolla, even when they are not differentiated (i.e., represented by tepals). |
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Perianto
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Término general para referirse al cáliz y a la corola, aún cuando no están diferenciados (en este caso el perianto está compuesto por los tépalos). |
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Pericarp
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The wall of the fruit, which is usually made up of three layers: exocarp, mesocarp, and endocarp. |
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Pericarp
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The wall of the fruit, which is usually made up of three layers, the exocarp, mesocarp, and endocarp which are the outer, middle, and and inner layers of the fruit, respecitively. |
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