Term:
Ovules pendulous
Ovules pendulous
Definition:
Ovules that hang downward from the septum at apex of the locule with the micropyle facing upward.
Ovules that hang downward from the septum at apex of the locule with the micropyle facing upward.
Notes:
In neotropical Lecythidaceae the ovules are anatropous, bitegmic, and tenuinucellate.
In neotropical Lecythidaceae the ovules are anatropous, bitegmic, and tenuinucellate.