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Calycophyll
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An expanded sepal of some Rubiaceae that functions to attract pollinators or to aid in wind dispersal. |
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Calyculate
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Referring to species of Asteraceae (especially Senecioneae) possessing a secondary series of bracteoles subtending the primary phyllaries. |
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Calyculus
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Rimlike calyx of Loranthaceae or a lower row of phyllaries of Asteraceae that can be distinguished from the remaining phyllaries. |
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Calyptrate
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Bearing a lid-or caplike structure; e.g., the apex of the connate calyx of Calyptranthes (Myrtaceae) that falls intact from the flower at anthesis. |
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Calyx (plural = calyces)
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The outer circle or first whorl of floral parts; a collective term for the sepals. |
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Calyx tube
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In a gamosepalous calyx, the lower fused part; less commonly, in Ericaceae with inferior ovaries, the proximal portion of the calyx fused with the ovary wall which is the same as hypanthium in other flowering plants. |
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Calyx-lobe
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Similar to sepal but used to describe the lobe of a calyx with the sepals fused at their bases and with free lobes at the apex; less frequenly to describe species of some families that have inferior ovaries with the lower part of the calyx hypothesized to be fused to the ovary at the base but with free lobes departing from the apex of the ovary. |
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Calyx-lobes
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The outermost whorl of floral parts and nearly equivalent to sepals. See the general glossary for definitions of calyx and sepals. |
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Calyx-lobes imbricate
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Overlapping of the adjacent edges of the calyx-lobes or sepals. |
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Calyx-lobes not imbricate
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The base of the sepals do not overlap. |
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CAM
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See Crassulacean acid metabolism. |
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Cambio
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Ver cambium. |
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Cambium
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The actively dividing tissue located between the xylem and the phloem which produces xylem to the inside and phloem to the outside of the trunk or the stem.. |
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Cambium
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Tejido que divide activamente o meristema lateral localizado entre el xilema y el floema. Produce xilema hacia el interior y floema hacia el exterior. Comparar con cambium corchoso; termino equivalente a cambium vascular. |
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Cambium del súber, cambium de corcho
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Tejido que se divide activamente produciendo súber o corcho hacia el exterior y felodermis hacia el interior. Ver félem y peridermis. |
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Campanulada, campanulado
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Con forma de una campana, se refiera a aquellas estructuras cuyos márgenes son divergentes y terminan en una boca ancha. Este término usualmente se utiliza para describir la forma de una corola o fruto |
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Campanulate
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Broadly bell-shaped with a wide mouth; usually used to describe a corolla or the shape of a fruit. |
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Campanulate fruit
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Broadly bell-shaped fruit with a wide mouth. |
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Campilódroma, Campilódromo
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Se refiere a un tipo de disposición de los nervios en las hojas, en la que una serie de similares nervios primarios se originan de un punto común en la base, se arquean hacia adelante, y se reunen hacia el ápice. Por ejemplo, en las especies de Aristolochia (Aristolochiaceae). |
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Campilótropo
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Se refiere a un óvulo en el que el eje forma aproximadamente un ángulo recto con su pedículo (funículo). |
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Campina
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A Portuguese term referring to a vegetation type similar to savanna found on white sand soils in the Brazilian Amazon. |
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Campinarana
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A Brazilian name for a low forest growing on white sand which is the first step in plant succession starting with open, white sand areas caused by disturbance, then to campina, followed by campinarana, and finally to terra firme forest. |
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Campo rupestre
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A Portuguese term referring to a rocky kind of savanna, usually at midelevations in Brazil. Species of several plant families; e.g., Asteraceae, Eriocaulaceae, Melastomataceae, Velloziaceae, Xyridaceae, etc., are characteristic of this vegetation. |
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Campo rupestre
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Término Portugués que se refiere a un tipo de savana rocosa usualmente localizada a elevaciones medianas en Brazil. Velloziaceae y Turneraceae son plantas características de los Campos rupestres. |
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Campos de altitud
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Término Portugués que se refiere a una vegetación como savana o pradera, localizada en Brazil a una elevada altitud. |
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