Epipetalous

Word EPIPETALOUS
Character 11
Hyphenation ep i pet al ous
Pronunciations N/A

Definitions and meanings of "Epipetalous"

What do we mean by epipetalous?

Borne on or attached to the petals or corolla, as the stamens of the petunia. adjective

Borne upon the petals of a flower: applied to stamens, and to plants whose stamens are attached to the corolla.

Borne on the petals or corolla. adjective

Borne on the petals or corolla. adjective

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The word "epipetalous" in example sentences

Advance has been along two lines, markedly in relation to insect-pollination, one of which has culminated in the hypogynous epipetalous bicarpellate forms with dorsiventral often large and loosely arranged flowers such as occur in Scrophulariaceae, and the other in the epigynous bicarpellate small-flowered families of which the Compositae represent the most elaborate type. ❋ Various (N/A)

Stamens epipetalous, 4 or 2, free, rarely filaments connate, sometimes one staminodial; anther 1 - or 2-celled, usually dehiscing longitudinally; disc persistent. ❋ Unknown (2008)

( "Bluthendiagramme, II., page 482) the longer stamens may be either epipetalous or episepalous in this family. ❋ Charles Darwin (1845)

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