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Cochleate
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Shaped like a snail shell. |
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Cocleada, cocleado
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Con forma de una concha de caracol. |
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Cocleado-ascendente
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Es un tipo de aestivación en las corolas de Acanthaceae, en la que un pétalo que es más grande que los demás cubre a los restantes pétalos en una prefloración. |
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Cocleariforme
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Cóncavo y con una base alargada, como una cuchara. |
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Coeval
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Originating or existing during the same period of time. |
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Coevolución
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Proceso recíproco en el que las adaptaciones de un organismo promueven adaptaciones en otro. Por ejemplo, la antesis nocturna de una flor con forma de copa y el hocico alargado de un murciélago que poliniza a esa flor. |
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Coevolution
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A reciprocal process in which adaptations of one organism promote adaptations in another; e.g., the nocturnal anthesis of a cup-shaped flower and the elongated snout of a bat that pollinates that flower. |
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Coherent
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Coming into contact but not fused; e.g., the anthers of species of Asteraceae and Campanulaceae. Same as connivent. |
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Coherente
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Que están en contacto, pero sin estar fusionados. Por ejemplo, las anteras de las especies de Asteraceae y Campanulaceae. Similar a connivente. |
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Coiled pedicel
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A pedicel that coils like a spring after the fruits start to form, a mechanism found in a few species of plants and functions to bring the fruits closer to the ground, presumably to make it easier for animals to disperse the seeds. |
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Colateral
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Situado de lado. Por ejemplo, los óvulos en un lóculo. |
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Coleoptera
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An order of insects including the beetles and weevils. Species of Coleoptera, can be pollinators and predators of plants. |
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Coleoptera, coleóptero
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Orden de los insectos que incluye a los escarabajos. Los escarabajos son polinizadores y predadores de plantas. |
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Coléter
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En las Rubiaceae es una estructura tipo glándula que está localizada en la axila de las estípulas, puede ser simple o ramificada. En las Apocynaceae es una glándula localizada a lo largo de las líneas interpeciolares o en la axila de la hoja, a veces confundida con una estípula. |
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Collar
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An ringlike expansion around a structure. See stylar collar. |
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Collar
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Expansión a manera de un anillo que está dispuesta alrededor de una estructura. Ver collar del estilo |
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Collar del estilo
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Expansión en forma de anillo que rodea al estilo justo abajo del estigma. |
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Collateral
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Situated side by side; e.g., the ovules in a locule. |
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Collecting equipment
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The equipment needed to collect plants in both temperate and tropical regions. Access the attached PDF for a list of essential equipment used by the senior author of this glossary. 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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Collection number
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A unique number assigned to a plant collection that includes the name of the collector and a number. Collection numbers should start from 0 and continue sequentially throughout the career of the collector. The collection number of the collection represented by the attached label is Mori et al. 20100. Note that when there are more than two collectors all but the person's name who numbers the collection is reduced to et al. (= and others). 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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Collective vein
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A vein running along the leaf margin, such as in many species of Anthurium (Araceae). |
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Colleter
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A multicellular, simple or branched, glandlike structure found in the axils of stipules, bracteoles, bracts, and leaf blade margins that produce mucilage which may contain terpene-based resins. |
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Colleter
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In Lecythidaceae, a multicellular, unbranched glandlike structure found along leaf blade margins. Up to the present only Cariniana estrellensis has been shown to have colleters. |
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Colpo
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Abertura alargada que se encuentra en la pared de un grano de polen. |
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Colporate pollen
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Referring to a pollen grain with composite apertures, each consisting of a furrow and a pore. |
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