Glossary Details – Lecythidaceae

Glossary Details:

Title: Flowers of two species of Myristicaceae. Photos by C. A. Gracie.

Description: Flowers of Myristicaceae. A.Virola michelii based on Mori et al. 23346. Note that the filaments are fused into a column called the androphore. B. Osteophloeum platyspermum based on Mori et al. 23893). Note that the flowers are 3 merous and have uniseriate perianths. Both collections are from central French Guiana.

Term:

Merous

Definition:

Referring to a fixed number of parts of a given organ, e.g., a flower that has 5 sepals, 5 petals, etc is 5-merous.