Glossary Details – Lecythidaceae

Glossary Details:

Title: Staminal tube and oblique staminal tube rim of Grias longirachis. Drawing by B. Angell.

Description: In Grias longirachis, the stamens arise in several rows from the rim of a fleshy tube that is more-or-less slanted. The lower chamber of the staminal tube is short and and the upper chamber is slanted outward.

Term:

Staminal rim oblique

Definition:

The circular apex of a fleshy staminal tube upon which the stamens arise from slightly different levels, e.g., in some species of >.

Notes:

This type of staminal rim is only found in some species of Grias.