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Androecial hood In the Lecythidaceae, the distal part of the ligule that has become modified either structurally by coiling inward or by the production of staminodes, vestigial stamens, or nectar-producing vestigial stamens. Androecial hoods are usuallly separated from the staminal ring by an appendage-free part of the ligule (the only known exception is Couroupita nicaraguarensis and perhaps a species of the Lecythis sec. Pisonis group not yet identified. Androecial hoods of Lecythidaceae vary according to their degree of structural complexity and the type of androecial appendages they possess. Principal parts of the androecium of a zygomorphic-flowered Lecythidaceae. Drawing by B. Angell
Hood One of five hollow chambers of the corona of some species of Apocynaceae subfamily Asclepiadoideae; see androecial hood. Principal parts of the androecium of a zygomorphic-flowered Lecythidaceae. Drawing by B. Angell
Hood-shaped See cucullate. Principal parts of the androecium of a zygomorphic-flowered Lecythidaceae. Drawing by B. Angell