Glossary Details – Lecythidaceae

Glossary Details:

Title: Axile, parietal, free-central, and basal placentation. Drawing by B. Angell.

Description: Axile, parietal, free-central, and basal placentation. From the Guide to the Vascular Plants of Central French Guiana. Part 1 (Mori et al., 1997).

Term:

Placentation

Definition:

In broadest terms, the arrangement of ovules within the ovary. See axile, basal, free-central, and parietal placentation.