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| Actinomorphic flower | A flower, capable of being divided, by more than one line passing through the middle of the flower, into two equal parts that are mirror images of one another; e.g., in |
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| Aestivation | The arrangement of the parts of the perianth in the floral bud. |  |
| Amphitropous | Referring to an ovule with a curved embryo sac in which the stalk (funicle) is curved such that the tip of the ovule and the base of the stalk are near one another. Compare with anatropous. | |
| 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. |  |
| Androecium (plural = androecia) | The collective term for the staminate structures (i.e., the stamens and staminodes) of a flower; the stamens as a unit. |  |
| Androgynophore | A stalk that is elevated above the point of perianth attachment and supports the androecium and gynoecium; e.g., species of Passifloraceae. |  |
| Androphore | A stalk elevated above the point of perianth attachment and supporting the stamens; e.g., the united filaments of species of Menispermaceae and Myristicaceae. |  |
| Andropodium | In the Podostemaceae, a stalk formed as the result of fusion of the filaments. | |
| Antepetalous | Referring to structures, usually stamens, inserted opposite or facing the petals. |  |
| Antesepalous | Referring to structures, usually stamens, inserted opposite or facing the sepals. |  |
| Anther | The pollen-bearing part of the stamen. |  |
| Anther dehiscence lateral | Referring to the anthers of many flowering plants that open along the side. |  |
| Anther sac | See theca. | |
| Anther versatile | A stamen in which the filament is attached to the anther above the base of the anther. |  |
| Antheriferous | Bearing anthers. | |
| Antherode | The anther of a staminode; an anther that bears pollen that does not germinate; in the Lecythidaceae, antherodes are found in the androecial hood and in the innermost row of anthers on the ligular side of the staminal ring of some species, in the Lecythidaceae antherodes are often different in color, usually yellow, than the anthers of the stamens which are usually white. |  |
| Anthers basifixed | Referring to an anther attached to the filament at its base. |  |
| Anthesis | The expanding and opening of a flower. |  |
| Antipodals | Three cells located at the end of the matural megagametophyte opposite the micropyle. These cell apparently have no function and desintegrate after fertilization. |  |
| Apetalous flower | Without petals. |  |
| Apical placentation | A type of placentation in which the ovules are attached at the apex of the locule. See placentation. |  |
| Apotropous | Referring to an ovule with a ventral raphe. | |
| Ascending-cochleate | Referring to a type of corolla aestivation in the Acanthaceae in which one petal, being larger than the others covers the other petals in bud. | |
| Asymmetric flower | Same as zygomorphic flower. | |
| Aureole | See eyespot. | |
| Axile placentation | A type of ovule arrangement in which the ovules arise from placental tissue derived from the apices of the septa of a locule. In this type of placentation the apices of the septa are fused or in very close proximity to one another. |  |
| Banner | The upper, broad petal of Fabaceae. Same as standard, banner, and vexillum with standard the preferred term. | |
| Basal placentation | A type of placentation in which the ovules arise from the base of the locule. |  |
| Bilabiate | Two-lipped, usually referring to zygomorphic calyces and corollas such as those found in the Lamiaceae. | |
| Bilaterally symmetrical flower | A flower capable of being divided into only two equal parts (mirror images) by a line passing through the middle of a flower, i.e., other lines passing the middle of the flower will not give mirror images of one another; same as zygomorphic, monosymmetric, and irregular flowers and opposite of actinomorphic, monosymmetric, radially symmetrical, and regular flowers. This term can refer to other plant parts as well. |  |
| Bilocular | Having two locules. |  |
| Binucleate pollen | Referring to pollen grains that have two nuclei when shed from the anthers. Compare with trinucleate pollen. | |
| Biseriate perianth | Referring to a perianth with two whorls or rows; i. e. with both calyx and corolla. Compare with uniseriate. |  |
| Bisexual flower | Referring to a flower with a functional androecium and a functional gynoecium. Same as perfect. | |
| Bracteole | A small bract usually inserted on the pedicel. |  |
| Bracteoles above articulation | Bracteoles inserted above the articulation in the pedicel/hypanthium continuum of Lecythidaceae. |  |
| Bracteoles below articulation | Bracteoles inserted below the articulation in the pedicel/hypanthium continuum of Lecythidaceae. | |
| Callus | A thickened part of an organ; e.g., in some Orchidaceae, the fleshy outgrowth of the labellum, or in the Poaceae, the hardened base of the spikelet or floret just above the point of disarticulation. |  |
| Calycine | Belonging to the calyx; e.g., in species of Lecythidaceae, the calycine rim, or line of scars left by the calyx. | |
| Calyx (plural = calyces) | The outer circle or first whorl of floral parts; a collective term for the sepals. | |
| Calyx tube | In a gamosepalous calyx, the lower fused part; less commonly, in Ericaceae with inferior ovaries, the proximal portion of the calyx fused with the ovary wall which is the same as hypanthium in other flowering plants. | |
| Calyx-lobe | Similar to sepal but used to describe the lobe of a calyx with the sepals fused at their bases and with free lobes at the apex; less frequenly to describe species of some families that have inferior ovaries with the lower part of the calyx hypothesized to be fused to the ovary at the base but with free lobes departing from the apex of the ovary. |  |
| 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. | |
| 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. | |
| Choripetalous corolla | Haviing petals free from one another. Same as polypetalous; opposite of gamopetalous and sympetalous. |  |
| Clavuncle | The expanded distal part of the style, including the stigma, in some species of Apocynaceae. Same as style head. |  |
| Clinandrium | In the Orchidaceae, the portion of the column upon which the anther is borne; the columnar tissue surrounding or covering the anther. | |
| Coiled pedicel | A pedicel that coils like a spring after the fruits start to form, a mechanism found in a few species of plants and functions to bring the fruits closer to the ground, presumably to make it easier for animals to disperse the seeds. |  |
| Colporate pollen | Referring to a pollen grain with composite apertures, each consisting of a furrow and a pore. | |
| Colpus (plural = colpi) | An elongated aperture in the wall of a pollen grain. | |
| Column | In the Orchidaceae, the structure formed by the fused androecium and gynoecium. |  |
| Column wing | In the Orchidaceae referring to a broadening of the column towards the apice which is normally lateral, but may be curved upward or downward. | |
| Commissure | In the Apiaceae, the structure by which two carpels join one another. | |
| Complete flower | A flower with all whorls of floral parts; i.e., calyx, corolla, stamen(s), and gynoecium. Compare with incomplete flower. | |
| Compound pistil | A gynoecium composed of more than one carpel, same as compound ovary. | |
| Connective | The tissue connecting the thecae of the anther and sometimes prolonged beyond its apex. | |
| Convolute | Referring to a type of aestivation in which one margin of a petal or sepal is always to the outside of the adjacent one and the opposite margin is always to the inside of the adjacent one. | |
| Coralline | Referring to a structure (e.g., corona) that appears like a corolla. |