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| Androecial appendages | In the Lecythidaceae, any prolongation from the surface of the androecium; if there are fertile anthers on the appendage they are called a stamens, if there are normal appearing anthers that produce only fodder pollen they are called staminodes, if there are only rudimentary anthers or no anthers at all the appendages they are called vestigial stamens, and if they produce nectar they are called nectar-producing vestigial stamens. |  |
| Androecial hood appendages swept inward | A androecial hood type in which appendages arise from an expanded apical or subapical part of the ligule from where they curve into the flower but do not form a coil (e.g., as in species of |
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| Appendages | Same as androecial appendages. | |
| Curved appendages | Referring to an appendage, most often a vestigial stamen, that arises from a non-expanded part of the ligule and curves slightly inward. |  |