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Androecial hood obliquely oriented (= hood obliquely orientated)
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An androecial hood that is oriented at an angle less than 90 degrees to the main axis of the flower. |
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Androecial hood once-coiled
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The androecial hood turns inward once |
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Androecial hood split
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A separation of the androecial hood into a posterior hood extension and an anterior hood extension. |
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Androecial hood triple-coiled
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The androecial hood makes three turns inward |
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Androecial hood: Bertholletia-type
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The Bertholletia-type of androecial hood has appendages that are swept back into the interior of the hood which are called vestigial stamens; these appendages do not have anthers. |
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Androecial hood: Corythophora alta-type
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A thickened hood, bearing staminodes. |
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Androecial hood: Couratari-type
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The androecial hood has an extra external flap found only in species of Couratari. |
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Androecial hood: Couroupita guianensis-type
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In this type of hood, there is an appendage-free area between the staminal ring and the androecial hood proper. The appendages bear normal looking anthers but they contain fodder pollen (=staminodes) and the hood is slightly thickened. |
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Androecial hood: Couroupita subsessilis-type
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This type of androecial hood has three features: 1) an invagination, 2) a notch on the distal end as viewed from above, and 3) staminodes. |
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Androecial hood: Eschweilera-type
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In this type of hood, the interior of the hood forms an inward coil and the vestigial stamens at the end of the coil are nectar-producing. |
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Androecial hood: Lecythis corrugata-type
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In this type of androecial hood, the hood is flat and thickened, there are no appendages with anthers on the hood, and the vestigial stamens are poorly developed. |
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Androecial hood: Lecythis idatimon-type
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The androecial hood is flat and there are only vestigial stamens representing the appendages of the hood. |
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Androecial hood: Lecythis ollaria-type
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This type of androecial hood turns inward but does not form a complete coil, the vestigial stamens are all the same size, and lack anthers; thus, they are called vestigial stamens. |
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Androecial hood: Lecythis persistens subsp. persistens-type
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The androecial hood of this type is flat and the appendages of the hood are with anthers that bear fodder pollen and, thus, are called staminodes |
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Androecial hood: Lecythis pisonis-type
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The androecial hood is separated from the staminal ring, the hood is flat, and there are staminodes proximally and vestigial stamens distally. |
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Androecium (pl. = androecia)
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The male part of the flower. |
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Androecium (plural = androecia)
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The collective term for the staminate structures (i.e., the stamens and staminodes) of a flower; the stamens as a unit. |
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Androecium actinomorphic
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Capable of being divided in more than one plane into two or more equal halves; usually, but not always, used to describe flowers. |
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Androecium zygomorphic
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The prolongation of one side of the androecium of all species of Cariniana, Couroupita, Corythophora, Bertholletia, Couratari, Eschweilera, and Lecythis. |
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Andróforo
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Rabillo elevado sobre el punto de unión del perianto que sostiene a los estambres; por ejemplo, los filamentos unidos de las especies de Menispermaceae y Myristicaceae |
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Andrógina, andrógino
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Se refiere a las inflorescencias que poseen flores estaminadas y pistiladas a la vez; por ejemplo, las inflorescencias de Mabea (Euphorbiaceae), con una o pocas flores pistiladas hacia la base y numerosas flores estaminadas hacia la porción distal. |
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Androginóforo
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Estructura linear u oblonga que está sobre el receptáculo y que porta al androceo y gineceo; por ejemplo, Passiflora (Passifloraceae) |
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Androgynophore
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A stalk that is elevated above the point of perianth attachment and supports the androecium and gynoecium; e.g., species of Passifloraceae. |
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Androgynous
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Referring to inflorescences with both staminate and pistillate flowers, e.g., the inflorescences of Mabea (Euphorbiaceae) with one or a few pistillate flowers at the base and numerous staminate flowers distally. |
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Andromonoecy (andromonoecious)
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Referring to the sexual condition of a species that bears staminate and bisexual flowers on the same plant; in the Mimosaceae, referring to the presence of staminate and pistillate flowers in the same cluster. |
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Andromonoica, andromonoico
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Se refiere a la condición sexual de una especie que posee plantas con flores estaminas y bisexuales a la vez; en las Mimosaceae, se refiere a la presencia de flores estaminadas y pistiladas en el mismo grupo de flores. |
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Androphore
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A stalk elevated above the point of perianth attachment and supporting the stamens; e.g., the united filaments of species of Menispermaceae and Myristicaceae. |
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Androphore
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A stalk elevated above the point of perianth attachment which supports the stamens. |
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Andropodio
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En las Podostemaceae es un rabillo que se ha formado como resultado de la fusión de los filamentos. |
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Andropodium
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In the Podostemaceae, a stalk formed as the result of fusion of the filaments. |
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Anemócora, anemócoro
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Se aplica al fruto o a la semilla que está adaptada para ser dispersada por viento. |
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Anemophily (anemophilous)
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Pollination by the wind, i.e., the movement of pollen by the from the stamens of a flower to the stigma of another flower. This includes movement for the anther to the stigma of the same flower, from the anther to the stigma of another flower on the same plant, or from the anther of a flower on one plant to the stigma of a flower on another plant. Same as wind pollination. |
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Aneomochory (nemochorous)
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Referring to a fruit or seed adapted for dispersal by wind. |
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Aneuploidía
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Se aplica al proceso en el que el número de los cromosomas se incrementa en una manera en que es un número aproximado pero no es múltiplo exacto del número cromosómico base para ese grupo de organismos. |
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Aneuploidy
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Referring to a process in which chromosome numbers arise that are more or less than, but not exact multiples of the base chromosome number for that group of organisms. |
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Anfítropa
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Se refiere a un óvulo de saco embrionario curvo cuyo funículo está fuertemente curvado, de tal manera que el ápice del óvulo está cerca de la base del funículo. Comparar con anátropo. |
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Angiosperm
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A flowering plant whose seeds are borne within a fruit derived from a carpel or carpels. |
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Angiosperma, angiospermas
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Plantas con flores, cuyas semillas se generan en el interior de un fruto derivado de un carpelo o carpelos. |
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Angulado
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Que tiene ángulos. |
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Angulate
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Angled. |
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Anilina
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Compuesto orgánico utilizado para teñir. |
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Aniline
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An organic compound used in maing dyes and plasics. |
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Anillo calicino
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Cicatriz dejada a lo largo de la circunferencia del fruto, en los puntos donde los sépalos (o cáliz) estuvieron unidos. |
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Anisocotilia
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Se aplica a a las semillas en las que los cotiledones difieren en cuanto a su forma y tamaño. |
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Anisocotylous
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Referring to seedlings in which the cotyledons differ in shape and/or size. |
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Anisocytic stomata
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Referring to a stomatal type in which one of the subsidiary cells surrounding a stomate is smaller than the other epidermal cells. |
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Anisocytic stomata
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Referring to a stomatal type in which one of the subsidiary cells surrounding a stomate is smaller than the other epidermal cells. |
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Anisófila, anisófilo, anisofilia
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Se aplica cuando en una planta las hojas de un mismo par difieren en forma y/o tamaño |
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Anisomórfica, anisomórfico, anisomorfia
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Se aplica cuando un mismo órgano posee dos tipos de formas en una misma planta. |
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Anisomorphic
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With two different forms of an organ. |
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Anisophylly (anisophyllous)
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With two leaves of a pair differing in shape and/ or size; this is relatively common in species of Melastomataceae.. |
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Annotinous
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Referring to structures (e.g., inflorescences) arising from branches of the previous year’s growth. |
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Annual
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Plant with a life cycle of one year or less from seed to maturity and death. Compare with biennial and perennial. |
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Annular
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In the form of a ring. |
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Anomalous secondary growth
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A general term referring to types of secondary growth that differ from the more familiar or standard kinds; e.g., that of many lianas. |
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Anomocytic stomata
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Referring to a stomatal type in which the subsidiary cells surrounding a stomate are not differentiated from the other epidermal cells. |
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Anomocytic stomata
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Referring to a stomatal type in which the subsidiary cells surrounding a stomate are not differentiated from the other epidermal cells. |
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Ant dispersal
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Referring to the process in which ants carry away diaspores from parent plants thereby effecting dispersal of those plants. The ants are usually attracted to fleshy structures associated with seeds such as elaiosomes. |
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Ant garden
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A ball of roots that forms in certain species of epiphytic plants and is inhabited by ants. |
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Antela
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Tipo de panícula de algunas Cyperaceae y Juncaceae en la que las ramas superiores están sobrepasadas en longitud por las ramas inferiores |
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Antepetalous
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Referring to structures, usually stamens, inserted opposite or facing the petals. |
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Antera
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Parte del estambre que porta el polen |
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Antera basifija
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Se refiere a las antera que está unida al filamento por su base. |
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Anterífera, anterífero
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Que porta anteras |
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Anterior
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See abaxial. |
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Anterior
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Anterior end of flower
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The most distal end of the flower but not including inner coils, i.e., the end of a zygomorphic-flowered Lecythidaceae into which a pollinator enters to reap a pollinator reward. |
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Anterior hood extension
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An extension of the ligule beyond the point where the androecial hood splits into two extensions, this extension is the uppermost division of the androecial hood split and extends forward from the split. |
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Anteroda, anterodas
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Es la antera de un estaminodio; una antera que porta polen que no germina. En algunas especies de Lecythidaceae, las anterodas se encuentran en la capucha del androceo y en la hilera más interna de anteras en el lado ligular del anillo estaminal. En las Lecythidaceae, las anterodas frecuentemente son de un color distinto, usualmente amarillo, mientras que las anteras de los estambres usualmente son de color blanco |
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Antesepalous
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Referring to structures, usually stamens, inserted opposite or facing the sepals. |
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Antesis
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Cuando la flor se expande y abre. |
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Anthelae
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The panicle of some Cyperaceae and Juncaceae in which the upper branches are overtopped by the lower ones. |
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Anther
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The pollen-bearing part of the stamen. |
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Anther
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The pollen-bearing part of the stamen. |
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Anther connective
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The tissue that connects the thecae on one side of an anther to the thecae on the other side. |
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