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Calyx (botany), the collective name for the sepals of a flower; Calyce, a genus of beetles; Calyx, a genus of sea sponges; Calyx of Held, a large synapse in the auditory brainstem structure; Eubela calyx, species of sea snail; Renal calyx, a chamber in the kidney that surrounds the apex of the renal pyramids
A series of bracts subtending the calyx (see below) is an epicalyx. Angiosperms are dealt with in more detail here; these structures are very different in gymnosperms. [7] In angiosperms, the specialised leaves that play a part in reproduction are arranged around the stem in an ordered fashion, from the base to the apex of the flower.
Calyx and Teebee went on to sign exclusively to Ram Records (UK) as a duo and would release collaborative albums 'All or Nothing' (2012), '1x1' (2016), and 'Plates' (2022). As of 2023, Calyx is now signed on Critical Music , with 2022 seeing his first solo release in 16 years "Tempest / You Want It All" [ 2 ] followed by "Pull Up / Feel The ...
Calyculins are natural products originally isolated from the marine sponge Discodermia calyx. [2] Calyculins have proven to be strong serine/threonine protein phosphatase inhibitors and based on this property, calyculins might be potential tumor-promoting agents. A laboratory synthesis of calyculin A has been reported. [3]
The large calyx of the medlar fruit is the source of its vulgar nicknames. The term sepalum was coined by Noël Martin Joseph de Necker in 1790, and derived from Ancient Greek σκέπη (sképē) 'covering'. [5] [6] Collectively, the sepals are called the calyx (plural: calyces), [7] the outermost whorl of parts that form a flower
1. A cup-shaped structure formed from bract s resembling an outer calyx. 2. In some Asteraceae, a circle of bracts below the involucre. calyptra A hood or lid. See operculum. calyx. pl. calyces. Collective term for the sepal s of one flower; the outer whorl of a flower, usually green. Compare corolla. calyx tube
Either a minor calyx in the kidney, a conglomeration of two or three minor calyces to form a major calyx, or the Calyx of Held, a particularly large synapse in the mammalian auditory central nervous system, named by H. Held in his 1893 article Die centrale Gehörleitung, [3] due to its flower-petal-like shape.
Calyx arcuarius (Topsent, 1913) Calyx clavata Burton, 1928; Calyx imperialis (Dendy, 1924) Calyx infundibulum Pulitzer-Finali, 1993; Calyx kerguelensis (Hentschel, 1914) Calyx magnoculata Van Soest, Meesters & Becking, 2014; Calyx maya Gómez & Calderón-Gutiérrez, 2020; Calyx nicaeensis (Risso, 1827) Calyx nyaliensis Pulitzer-Finali, 1993