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Pedicel is also applied to the stem of the infructescence. The word "pedicel" is derived from the Latin pediculus, meaning "little foot". [2] The stem or branch from the main stem of the inflorescence that holds a group of pedicels is called a peduncle. [3] A pedicel may be associated with a bract or bracts. [4]
Hopea pedicellata grows as a canopy tree, up to 40 metres (130 ft) tall, with a trunk diameter of up to 60 cm (24 in). It has buttresses and stilt roots. The bark is smooth.
The scape and pedicel generally comprise a single segment each. The antennal formula is used to describe the number of segments in each of the components of the antenna (scape; pedicel; anelli, funicle; clava). An antennal formula of 1:1:2:4:3 indicates an antenna with a scape, a pedicel, 2 anelli, 4 funicular segments, and 3 segments in the ...
Diagram of flower parts. In botany, floral morphology is the study of the diversity of forms and structures presented by the flower, which, by definition, is a branch of limited growth that bears the modified leaves responsible for reproduction and protection of the gametes, called floral pieces.
Scoliopus has two mottled leaves at its base and a long pedicel that, over time, bends and twists so that the fruit touches the ground. The flowers, which bloom in the late winter and early spring, are pale green or yellow when fresh, lined with narrow purple or dark brown veins, with wide, spreading sepals and narrower petals, three stamens, and a three-angled ovary. [4]
The flowers are very small, averaging 2 mm across. They form singly, or in cymose clusters [10] pedicel in fr 4–15 mm. [clarification needed] The fruit is a rigid, brownish to purple berry, 5 to 12 mm in diameter, with thin, sweet pulp. [11] [6] If uneaten, they can stay on the plant through early winter. [7]
Pedicel (antenna), the second segment of the antenna in the class Insecta, where the Johnston's organ is found; Pedicel or petiole (insect), the stem formed by a restricted abdominal segment which connects the thorax with the gaster (the remaining abdominal segments) in the suborder Apocrita
Nemacladus glanduliferus is a species of flowering plant in the bellflower family known by the common name glandular threadplant. It is native to the southwestern United States and Baja California, where it grows in desert and plateau habitat. It is an annual herb producing a purplish or brownish green, branching stem up to about 25 centimeters ...