Glossary Details – Lecythidaceae

Glossary Details:

Title: Disciform capitulum of an Asteraceae. Drawing by B. Angell.

Description: Disciform capitulum of an Asteraceae. Note the phyllaries subtending the capitulum. From the Guide to the Vascular Plants of Central French Guiana. Part 1 (Mori et al., 1997).

Term:

Phyllary (plural = phyllaries)

Definition:

One of a series of overlapping bracts that subtends the capitulum (head) of Asteraceae.