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Term Definition
Stalked vestigial stamens Vestigial stamens that are constricted at the point they are attached to the ligule. Medial longitudinal section of a bud of Lecythis ibiriba. Photo by N. P. Smith.
Stamens The male part of the flower comprised of the filament and the anther. Clavate filaments and lateral anther dehiscence. Drawing by B. Angell.
Vestigial stamens An appendage, most likely derived directly from a staminode and indirectly from a stamen, that no longer has an anther or the anther is small and withered compared to the fertile anthers of normal stamens in the staminal ring or the fodder pollen-producing antherodes of staminodes. The androecium of a zygomorphic-flowered Lecythidaceae. Photo by C. A. Gracie.
Vestigial stamens external Referring to an inwardly, once coiled androecial hood that possesses vestigial stamens only on the outside (externally of the coil. This feature is only used to describe species with at single coil. Medial section of flower of Lecythis minor. Photo by C. Galdames (SCZ).
Vestigial stamens internal Referring to an inwardly, once-coiled androecial hood that possesses vestigial stamens on the inside (internally) as well as on the outside of the coil (externally). Flowers of Eschweilera tetrapetala. Photo by N. P. Smith.