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Fruto apocárpico
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Es un fruto compuesto que tiene los carpelos separados, independientes; procede de un gineceo apocárpico |
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Fruto campanulado
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Con forma de una campana. |
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Fruto cilíndrico
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Se refiere a un fruto que es mucho más largo que ancho. |
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Fruto falso
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Ver pseudofruto. |
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Fruto no cilíndrico
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Se refiere a un fruto en el que la medida de su ancho es de la misma longitud o es aún mayor que la medida de su alto |
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Fruto sincárpico
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Es un fruto compuesto que tiene los carpelos connados; procede de un gineceo sincárpico |
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Fugacious
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Falling off early. Same as caducous. |
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Fulvous
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Dull yellowish brown. |
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Functionally indehiscent fruit
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A circumscissile fruit that opens via an operculum (lid) but the seeds are trapped inside because the size of the opening is smaller than the size of the seeds. |
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Funicle
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The cord that attaches the ovule and subsequently the seed to the fruit wall. |
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Funicle (funiculus)
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The cord that attaches the ovule and subsequently the seed to the fruit wall. |
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Funículo
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Es la estructura filamentosa que conecta al óvulo con el ovario y subsecuentemente a la semilla con la pared del fruto |
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Funneliform
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Usually referring to a corolla in the shape of a funnel but can also be applied to other structures with a similar shape. |
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Furcate
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Forked, separating into two divisions. |
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Furfuraceous
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Scurfy or flaky. |
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Fused (fusion)
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Referring to similar structures fused to each other, such as the petals of a sympetalous corolla. Same as connate. Compare with adnate and connivent. |
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Fusiform
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A solid shape narrowed toward both ends from a swollen middle. |
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Fusionado
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Se refiere a las partes unidas de una flor, e.g., el tubo de la corolla está formado por la fusión de los pétalos en la parte baja de la corola |
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Galea (plural =galeae) (galeate)
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A helmet-or hood-shaped, as the upper lip of some bilabiate corollas (possessing galeae). |
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Gall fruits
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In Ficus (Moraceae), the seedless fruits that develop from ovaries parasitized by wasps. |
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Gamete
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A haploid (n) reproductive cell, two of which fuse to form a diploid (2n) zygote. |
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Gametophyte
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The gamete-producing haploid phase (n) of a plant's life cycle. |
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Gamopétala
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Igual a simpétala |
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Gamopetalous corolla
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Having petals united for at least part of their length. Same as sympetalous; Opposite of polypetalous and choripetalous. |
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Gamosépalo
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Se refiere al cáliz que posee los sépalos fusionados. Opuesto a dialisépalo |
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Gamosepalous calyx
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Having sepals united for at least part of their length. Same as synsepalous calyx. |
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Gap
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An opening in the canopy of the forest created by falling trees and branches. |
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Garganta
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Es la parte interna de una corola gamopétala (o simpétala) |
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Garganta de la corola
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Es el ensanchamiento inmediato a la boca que se encuentra en el interior del tubo de una corola simpétala. |
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Geitonogamy (geitonogamous)
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Referring to the fertilization of the ovules of a flower by pollen from another flower of the same plant. Compare with xenogamous. |
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Geminate
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Arranged in pairs. |
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Gemma (gemmiferous; plural = gemmae)
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A specialized vegetative bud that often separates from the parent plant to produce a new plant. The gemmae in bryophytes are grouped together in a cup from which they are splashed out of and dispersed by rain drops. A plant that bears gemmae is said to be gemmiferous. |
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Gemmae cups
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A small receptacle or cup on upper surface of bryophytes in which gemmae are produced from which they are splashed out of and dispersed by rain drops. |
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Geniculate
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Abruptly bent like a flexed knee. |
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Genus (plural = genera)
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Referring to a level of taxonomic classification between species and family, i.e., a genus is made up of species and a family is made up of genera; a scientific name of a plant consists of three parts: the genus name, the species epithet, and the author(s) of the name (e.g., the chocolate tree Theobroma cocoa L. in which Theobroma is the generic name, cocoa is the species epithet, and L. stands for Linnaeus, the botanist who provided the name). |
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Geophyte
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A herbaceous plant that perennates by means of underground parts; i.e., at least part of the plant’s life cycle is spent below the ground, usually to avoid environmental stresses such as prolonged dry or cold periods. |
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Geotropic
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Referring to a shoot or root that responds positively to the pull of the earth’s gravity. |
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Geoxylic suffrutices
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Shrubs, often found in cerrado habitats, that produce a woody trunk below the ground and only branches above the ground. |
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Germinate
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Emerge from a dormant state, e.g., when a seed emerges from the seed coat and develops into a seedling. |
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GFA (Grupo para la filogenia de las Angiospermas)
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Es la organización responsable de coordinar una nueva clasificación de las Angiospermas basada en datos anatómicos, morfológicos, químicos y principalmente moleculares. Su clasificación más reciente se encuentra en el sitio Angiosperm Phylogeny Website at http://www.mobot.org/mobot/research/apweb/ |
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Gibbous
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Pouched or swollen on one side. |
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Gibbous
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Swollen on one side. |
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Gineceo
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Término general que se refiere al pistilo de la flor. Comparar con androceo |
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Gineceo apocárpico
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Es un gineceo compuesto de carpelos libres; por ejemplo en Guatteria Annonaceae y Menispermaceae. Opuesto a gineceo sincárpico |
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Gineceo sincárpico
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Es un gineceo compuesto de carpelos connados |
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Ginóforo
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Pedículo que sostiene a un ovario; por ejemplo, en Capparaceae y Simaroubaceae |
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Glabrate
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Becoming glabrous. |
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Glabrescent
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Becoming glabrous or nearly glabrous. |
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Glabrous
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Smooth, devoid of trichomes (hairs). |
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Gland
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A secretory structure such as a floral or extrafloral nectary; a glandlike body whether it is secretory or not; e.g., the body connecting, via translators, the two pollinia of Apocynaceae subfamily Asclepiadoideae. |
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