Flower morphology of Lecythis prancei.

• Title

  Flower morphology of Lecythis prancei.

• Authors

  Nathan P. Smith, Caroline Carollo, Scott Alan Mori

• Description

  The flowers of this species possesses a sulcate hypanthium that is truncate at the base, imbricate calyx-lobes, posterior and anterior hood extensions, swept in vestigial stamens, a staminal lip, an obliquely oriented style, and ovules inserted on the lower septum at the junction for the floor of the locule.