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Estambre rudimentario productor de néctar | En las Lecythidaceae Neotropicales que producen néctar, estos son los apéndices más internos que están dispuestos hacia el ápice de la capucha (del androceo) enrollada, al interior de una flor zigomorfa | |
Estambres vestigiales productores de néctar | Son los apéndices más internos, productores de néctar, que están localizados en el ápice del androceo de una flor zigomorfa de varias cámaras en las Lecythidaceae neotropicales. | |
Nectar | A sugar solution of varied composition produced by nectaries within flowers to attract pollinators or by extrafloral nectaries to attract insects that protect the plant from predation. | ![]() |
Nectar chamber | A chamber at the apex of the coils of zygomorphic-flowered species or at the base of the staminal tube of most Old World species and in some actinomorphic-flowered genera in the New World, e.g., for example of species of |
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Nectar guide | Markings on a flower that apparently serve to guide pollinators to the nectar. Some are visible to humans, but others are apparent to humans only through ultraviolet photography. Same as honey guide, a term not recommended because bees, not plants, produce honey. | ![]() |
Nectar guide | Markings on a flower that apparently serve to guide pollinators to the nectar source which is the reward they receive for visiting the flower. Some are visible to humans, but others are apparent to humans only through ultraviolet photography. Same as honey guide, a term not recommended because bees, not plants, produce honey. | ![]() |
Nectar ring | In some Passifloraceae, a low narrow ring situated below the operculum. | |
Nectar spur | A tubular-like projection from the sepals or petals that produce and retain nectar as a reward for pollinators; in many orchids nectar spurs are hollow, tubular projections formed at the base of the lip which contain nectar rewards for pollinators. | ![]() |