Glossary Details – French Guianan E-Flora Project

Glossary Details:

Title: Disciform capitulum of an Asteraceae. Drawing by B. Angell.

Description: Disciform capitulum of an Asteraceae. Note the phyllaries subtending the capitulum. From the Guide to the Vascular Plants of Central French Guiana. Part 1 (Mori et al., 1997).

Term:

Calyculus

Definition:

Rimlike calyx of Loranthaceae or a lower row of phyllaries of Asteraceae that can be distinguished from the remaining phyllaries.