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  2. Peduncle (botany) - Wikipedia

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    In botany, a peduncle is a stalk supporting an inflorescence or a solitary flower, or, after fecundation, an infructescence or a solitary fruit. The peduncle sometimes has bracts (a type of cataphyll) at nodes. The main axis of an inflorescence above the peduncle is the rachis, which hosts flowers (as opposed to directly on the peduncle). [1 ...

  3. Phyllary - Wikipedia

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    In botanical terminology, a phyllary, also known an involucral bract or tegule, is a single bract of the involucre of a composite flower. [1] [2] [3] The involucre is the grouping of bracts together. Phyllaries are reduced leaf-like structures that form one or more whorls immediately below a flower head. [1]

  4. Inflorescence - Wikipedia

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    Other plants have the bracts subtend the pedicel or peduncle of single flowers. Metatopic placement of bracts include: When the bract is attached to the stem holding the flower (the pedicel or peduncle), it is said to be recaulescent ; sometimes these bracts or bracteoles are highly modified and appear to be appendages of the flower calyx.

  5. Glossary of plant morphology - Wikipedia

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    Nectar disk – when the floral disk contains nectar secreting glands; often modified as its main function in some flowers. Pedicel – the stem or stalk that holds a single flower in an inflorescence. Peduncle – the part of a stem that bears the entire inflorescence, normally having no leaves, or the leaves having been reduced to bracts.

  6. Floral morphology - Wikipedia

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    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.

  7. Floral diagram - Wikipedia

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    A floral diagram is a graphic representation of the structure of a flower. It shows the number of floral organs, their arrangement and fusion. Different parts of the flower are represented by their respective symbols. Floral diagrams are useful for flower identification or can help in understanding angiosperm evolution.

  8. Peduncle - Wikipedia

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    Peduncle (botany), a stalk supporting an inflorescence, which is the part of the shoot of seed plants where flowers are formed; Peduncle (anatomy), a stem, through which a mass of tissue is attached to a body Peduncle (arthropods), the base segments of an antenna; Caudal peduncle, in fish, the narrow part of the body to which the tail attaches

  9. Glossary of botanical terms - Wikipedia

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    An exotic plant that appears with no apparent human assistance but does not develop a sustained population(s), or one that persists only by repeated new introductions. Compare alien. cataphyll Any plant structure which is morphologically a leaf but which has at most an incidental or transient photosynthetic function. They are either shed when ...

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