Glossary Details – Lecythidaceae

Glossary Details:

Extrafloral nectary. Photo by S. A. Mori.

Ant at a nectary of Polylychnis fulgens. Photo by C. A. Gracie.

An intrastaminal disc. Drawing by B. Angell.

Title: Flower of Ipomoea steudelii. Photo by C. A. Gracie.

Description: Medial section of the flower of Ipomoea steudelii. Photographed in the Guanica dry forest reserve, Puerto Rico.Note that the bases of the filaments are adnate to the corolla tube. This photo is not vouchered by a herbarium specimen.

Term:

Nectary

Definition:

A tissue or structure of flowers that produces nectar.

Related Terms:

Extrafloral nectary