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| Term | Definition | |
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| Epigynous ovary | Referring to a flower in which all or some of the floral parts (i.e., the sepals, petals, and stamens) arise from the summit of the ovary; e.g., species of Asteraceae and Rubiaceae. |  |
| Hypogynous ovary | Referring to a flower in which 1) the sepals, petals, and stamens are free from one another and arise from beneath the ovary, e.g., the flowers of Ranunculaceae or 2) bristles or other structures as well as stamens arise from below the ovary, e.g., the bristles of some species of Cyperaceae and the modified bracts of species of Poaceae. Compare with epigynous and perigynous. | |
| Inferior ovary | An ovary in which the floral parts (calyx, corolla, and stamens) arise from the summit; e.g., in Rubiaceae and Asteraceae. |  |
| Ovary | The part of the gynoecium (=pistil) containing the ovules. |  |
| Ovary | The part of the gynoecium containing the ovules. |  |
| Ovary cross-section | A section through the ovary made at a right angle to the long or vertical axis of a flower. A term used in the Lecythidaceae to determine the number of locules and to describe the placention of species and genera. |  |
| Ovary half-inferior | An ovary of Lecythidaceae that bulges upward at the summit making the ovary appear half-inferior in contrast to an inferior ovary which is truncate at the apex.. |  |
| Ovary inferior | An ovary in which the other floral parts (calyx, corolla, and stamens) arise from the summit of the ovary. |  |
| Ovary summit | The area at or above the inside of the staminal ring. |  |
| Ovary summit obconical | If the summit of the ovary slants upward directly on the inside of the staminal ring (i.e., the summit completely fills the inside of the staminal ring) the summit is obconical. Obconical ovary summits can be narrowly or broadly obconical. |  |
| Ovary summit plateau-like | The apex of the ovary sits on a raised plateau characterized by erect sides. |  |
| Ovary summit truncate | Appearing to be cut off at the apex, i.e., disregarding the style the summit of the ovary is flat. |  |
| Ovary summit umbonate | If the summit of the ovary arches upward directly on the inside of the staminal ring (i.e., the summit completely fills the inside of the staminal ring) the summit is umbonate. See style umbonate. |  |
| Perigynous ovary | Referring to a flower in which the sepals, petals, and stamens arise from the rim of a cuplike hypanthium surrounding the ovary. | |
| Subsuperior ovary | A type of inferior ovary in which the sepals, petals, and stamens do not arise clearly from the apex but instead appear to arise from lower down on the ovary. | |
| Superior ovary | An ovary of a hypogynous or perigynous flower in which the sepals, petals, and stamens arise from beneath or around the ovary (= hypogynous) or from the rim of a hypanthium (=perigynous). | |