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Term Definition
Cotyledons fleshy, irregular (= cotyledons plano-convex) Seed leaves (= cotyledons) that are fleshy and irregular. Sectioned seeds of Gustavia augusta showing fleshy cotyledons. Photo by S. A. Mori.
Cotyledons plano-convex (= cotyledons fleshy, irregular) Same as cotyledons fleshy. We no longer use plano-convex because the cotyledons are very irregular and are not plano-convex as in, for example, the embryo of species of Gustavia. Mature fruit of Gustavia augusta. Photo by C. Galdames.
Irregular Ver zigomorfa Mature fruit of Gustavia augusta. Photo by C. Galdames.
Irregular 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 bilaterally symmetrical, flowers and opposite of actinomorphic, monosymmetric, radially symmetrical, and regular flowers. This term can refer to other plant parts as well. Zygomorphic flower of a legume. Photo by S. A. Mori.