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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 ...
Receptacle – the end of the pedicel that joins to the flower were the different parts of the flower are joined; also called the torus. In Asteraceae, the top of the pedicel upon which the flowers are joined. Seed – Sepal – Antipetalous – when the stamens number the same as, and are arranged opposite, the corolla segments; e.g. Primula.
The receptacle (grey) in relation to the ovary (red) in three types of flowers: hypogynous (I), perigynous (II), and epigynous (III) In angiosperms , the receptacle or torus (an older term is thalamus, as in Thalamiflorae ) is the thickened part of a stem (pedicel) from which the flower organs grow.
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]
The androecium is one of the fertile cycles of flowers. The parts that make up the androecium are called stamens whose function is the generation of male gametophytes or pollen grains. The stamens are highly modified leaves formed by a foot that is inserted into the receptacle of the flower, called filament, and a distal portion called anther ...
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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
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