Glossary Details – French Guianan E-Flora Project

Glossary Details:

Title: Disk flowers of Asteraceae. Drawing by B. Angell.

Description: Disk flowers of Asteraceae. From the Guide to the Vascular Plants of Central French Guiana. Part 1 (Mori et al., 1997). The petals are fused together, also called connate. Note that the stamens are adnate to the corolla tube and that the anthers are connivent.

Term:

Coherent

Definition:

Coming into contact but not fused; e.g., the anthers of species of Asteraceae and Campanulaceae. Same as connivent.

Related Terms:

Fused (fusion)
Connate
Connivent
Adnate