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Captiulum (plural = capitula	A dense headlike inflorescence such as that of the Asteraceae and some Cyperaceae, Lamiaceae, and Rubiaceae. Same as head for the Asteraceae.
Capucha del androceo	En las Lecythidaceae, es la parte distal de la lígula que se encuentra modificada estructuralmente al estar enrollada hacia el interior y por presentar estaminodios, estambres rudimentarios o estambres vestigiales que producen néctar. La capucha del androceo usualmente está separada del anillo del androceo por una lígula desprovista de apéndices (la única excepción conocida es Couroupita nicaraguensis y quizás una especie del grupo Lecythis sect. Pisonis que aún no está identificada). Las capuchas del androceo de las Lecythidaceae varían de acuerdo al grado de complejidad estructural y al tipo de apéndices estaminales que poseen
Carbohidrato, carbohidratos	Grupo de compuestos orgánicos que contiene carbón, hidrógeno y oxígeno, e incluye azúcares, almidones, celulosas y gomas. Los carbohidratos se producen a través de la fotosíntesis y sirven como la mayor fuente de energía para las plantas y para los animales que las consumen.
Carbohydrate	A group of organic compounds containing carbon, hydrogen, and oxygen and including sugars, starches, cellulose, and gums. Carbohydrates are produced through photosynthesis and serve as a major source of energy for the plants that produce them and the animals that eat those plants.
Carina	Una quilla.
Carina (carinate)	A keel or ridge (possessing a keel, ridged like the bottom of a boat; same as keeled).
Carinada, carinado	Que posee una quilla, algo similar a la base de un barco. Lo mismo que quillada.
Cariopsis	Fruto indehiscente, seco y duro, que contiene una sola semilla, en el que el pericarpo se encuentra adnado a la cubierta seminal; sólo se encuentra en las Poaceae. Este término es lo mismo que grano.
Carnivory (adj. = carnivorous)	A plant which captures animals such as rotifers, mosquito larvae, adult insects, etc. which are decomposed on or within the leaves of the plant and the nutrients released (e.g., nitrogen) are assimilated by the plant. This term also applies to animals eating other animals.
Carnosa, carnoso	Grueso y más o menos suculento.
Carnose	Thick and fleshy.
Carnosulose	Thick and fleshy but not markedly so.
Carpel	The fundamental unit of the gynoecium, often considered to be a folded, specialized leaf.
Carpel	The fundamental unit of the gynoecium, often considered to be a folded, specialized leaf.
Carpellate flower	Referring to unisexual flowers with functional gynoecia but without functional stamens (staminodes may be present). Same as female or carpellate flowers.
Carpelo	Es la unidad fundamental del gineceo. A menudo es considerada como una hoja especializada. El número de carpelos que contiene el gineceo está a veces indicado por el número de lóculos o el número de valvas del ovario y/o por el número de divisiones del estilo o estigma.
Carpóforo	Una prolongación del receptáculo en el cual están unidos los carpelos. Por ejemplo, estructura roja expandida que porta a los frutos en Ouratea (Ochnaceae); el eje central de un fruto fragmentado (esquizocarpo) sobre el que las partes separadas se encuentran unidas, como los frutos de las Apiaceae y en algunas especies de Sapindaceae (en este caso, es lo mismo que columela).
Carpophore	A prolongation of the receptacle to which the carpels are attached; e.g., the expanded red structure bearing the fruits in Ouratea (Ochnaceae); the central axis of a fragmenting fruit (schizocarp) to which the separate parts are attached; e.g., the fruits of Apiaceae and some species of Sapindaceae (in this sense, same as columella).
Carpopodio	Base diferenciada de una Cipsela (Asteraceae), que es comúnmente zigomorfa y cuya superficie es ocasionalmente esculpida.
Carpopodium	Differentiated base of a cypsela (Asteraceae), commonly zygomorphic and occasionally sculptured.
Cartácea, cartáceo	Que posee la textura de un papel grueso.
Caruncle	An appendage or outgrowth at the point of attachment of the seed to the funicle. Compare with aril.
Caruncle	An outgrowth or appendage at or near the hilum or near the point where the funicle originates of some seeds,
Carúncula	Apéndice o crecimiento localizado en el punto de unión entre la semilla y el funículo. Comparar con arilo.
Carunculada	Que posee una carúncula. Compárese con estrofíolo.
Carunculate	Possessing a caruncle. Compare with strophiole.
Caryopsis	A dry, hard, one-seeded, indehiscent fruit unique to the Poaceae in which the pericarp is adnate to the seed coat. Same as grain.
Cashew apple	The swollen pedicel that subtends the fruit of Anacardium (Anacardiaceae). Scientifically called the hypocarp.
Castaneous	Chestnut-colored; grayish brown to moderately reddish brown.
Castaño	Que tiene el color del Castaño (Fagaceae); es decir entre café-grisáceo a moderadamente café-rojizo.
Cat-claw tendril	A tendril with the distal part divided into three equal, conspicuously recurved, spiny parts; e.g., in Macfadyena unguis-cati and Parabignonia steyermarkii (Bignoniaceae).
Catádroma, catádromo	Se refiere al patrón de las venas, en el que la primera vena de un segmento nace del lado hacia la base. Comparar con anádroma e isódroma.
Catadromous	Referring to a venation pattern in which the first vein in a given segment arises on the side of the leaf segment toward the base.
Catáfilo	Bráctea escuamiforme localizada en las ramas terminales y/o protegiendo los nuevos brotes
Cataphyll	Scale-like bract inserted toward the base of a newly expanded vegetative or reproductive shoot.
Cataphyll	Scale-like bract on the proximal part of a new expanded vegetative or reproductive shoot.
Catkin	A spike with closely congested, often apetalous, unisexual flowers; e.g., staminate inflorescences of species of Betulaceae. Same as ament. Catkins are generally associated with wind pollination.
Cauda	A tail-like appendage.
Caudada, caudado	Provisto de un apéndice en forma de cola.
Caudate	Terminating in a tail-like appendage.
Caudex	A short, vertical, usually woody and persistent stem at or just below the surface of the ground.
Cáudex	Tallo corto, vertical, usualmente leñoso y persistente, que está localizado alrededor o justo abajo de la superficie del suelo.
Caudical	In some species of Orchidaceae, an extension of the pollinium which is part of the pollen mass and produced within the anther.
Caudicle	See translator.
Caudícula	En algunas especies de Orchidaceae, es una extensión de el polinio que es parte de la masa de polen y es producida en el interior de la antera.
Caulescent	With a stem.
Caulescente	Provisto de un tallo.
Cauliflorous inflorescence	Referring to an inflorescence that arises from the main stem of a plant or trunk of a tree.
Cauline	Of or associated with the stem or trunk of a plant, such as a cauline inflorescence or infurctuescence.
Cauline inflorescence	Refers to flowers or fruits that arise below the leaves from the main trunk of a shrub or tree.
Cauline inflorescence	Refers to flowers or fruits that arise below the leaves from the main trunk of a shrub or tree.
Caustic	Capable of causing a burning sensation; e.g., the sap of Hura crepitans (Euphorbiaceae).
Cáustica, cáustico	Capaz de producir una sensación de quemadura. Por ejemplo, la savia de Hura crepitans (Euphorbiaceae).
Caviform	Hollow.
Caviforme	Que posee un hueco o cavidad.
Cellular endosperm	A type of endosperm development in which cell walls develop starting with the first cell division.
Centrifugal stamen initiation	A developmental process in which the stamens first initate near the center of the androecium (i.e., around the style) and then progressively toward the outside of the androecium. In other words, the stamens initiate and develop from the inside to the outstide of the androecium.
Centripetal stamen initiation	A developmental process in which the stamens first initate on the outside of the androecium (i.e., around the edge of the staminal) and progressively develop from the outside to the inside of the androecium.
Cephalium (plural = cephalia)	An enlargement with a dense covering of hairs at the apex of the stem in some Cactaceae.
Ceráceo	Con apariencia o textura de cera.
Ceraceous	Waxy in texture or appearance.
Cerebriform	Referring to a globoid structure, such as a fruit, that has a convulted and folded surface similar to that of a brain.
Cernuous	Drooping or nodding.
Cerrado	A Portuguese term referring to a type of vegetation with scatttered shrubs and relatively small, often contorted trees with thick bark and grasses and sedges dominating the understory.
Cerrado	A Portuguese term referring to a savanna-like vegetation best developed in central Brazil but also found in patches in the Brazilian Amazon and in other South and Central American countries where it is called savanna.
Cerrado	Término Portugués que se refiere a un tipo de vegetación parecida a una Savana que está mayormente desarrollada en el centro de Brasil y que también se encuentra formando parches en la Amazonía brasileña.
Cespitosa, cespitoso	Que crece formando densas agrupaciones. Por ejemplo, la forma en que crecen algunas especies de Poaceae y Cyperaceae.
Cetaceous	Chalky or chalky white in appearance; the color caused by a waxy layer. Do not confuse with Cretaceous Period.
Chacó	A Spanish term referring to a dry, thorn-scrub, deciduous vegetation found mostly in Paraguay and known as pantanal in adjacent Brazil.
Chacó	Término español que se refiere a una vegetación seca decidua de matorral espinoso que mayormente se encuentra en Paraguay. Esta es conocida como Pantanal en la parte adyacente de Brazil.
Chaff	Thin, dry scales or bracts.
Chalaza	The part of an ovule or seed opposite the micropyle. In this part of the embryo sac the integument(s) are not differentiated from the nucellus..
Chalaza	The part of an ovule or seed opposite the micropyle. In this part of the embryo sac the integument(s) are not differentiated from the nucellus..
Chambered pith	Referring to a pith that has chambers in the stem caused by septations at right angles to the long axis.
Chaparral	A mild, temperate region with cool, moist winters and long, dry summers dominated by sclerophyllous, evergreen shrubs.

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