Term:
Bifurcate
Bifurcate
Definition:
Splitting into two equal parts at the apex; forked.
Splitting into two equal parts at the apex; forked.
Glossary Details:
Title: A disk flower of an Asteraceae. Drawing by B. Angell.
Description: A disk flower of an Asteraceae. The cypsela is the fruit and the pappus is the modified calyx. The presence of a bifurcate sytle, syngynesious anthers, and a corolla tube are also characteristic of Asteraceae.