Flower morphology and anatomy of Lecythis retusa.

• Title

  Flower morphology and anatomy of Lecythis retusa.

• Authors

  Nathan P. Smith, Caroline Carollo, Scott Alan Mori

• Description

  The flowers of this species possess a sulcate hypanthium that is truncate at the base, imbricate calyx-lobes, a staminal ring lip, an androecial hood that splits to form  posterior and anterior hood extensions, vestigial stamens that arise from the posterior hood extension and are swept inward, an obliquely oriented style, a four locular ovary, placentae that arise from the lower septum and appear to be at the junction of the septum and the floor of the locule, and obliquely ascending ovules.