Term:

Vestigial stamens external

Definition:

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.

Notes:

This term is used to describe only those taxa with a single-coiled androecial hood. Species of the Lecythis ollaria clade (includes L. ollaria, the type of the genus Lecythis) is defined by this character.