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Angiosperm Families - Acanthaceae Juss.
... in ‘inflorescences’; in cymes, in racemes, and in verticils. The terminal inflorescence unit cymose (in about 75%), or racemose. Inflorescences commonly dichasial cymes, becoming monochasial ... , or solanad. Fruit non-fleshy; dehiscent; a capsule. Capsules loculicidal. Fruit elastically dehiscent. Dispersal unit the seed. Seeds non-endospermic; borne on minute, hook-like outgrowths (‘retinacula ...
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Angiosperm Families - Aceraceae Juss.
... in ‘inflorescences’; in fascicles, in racemes, and in corymbs. The terminal inflorescence unit racemose. Inflorescences terminal, or axillary; racemose, corymbose or fasciculate. Flowers regular; 4 merous, ... one-winged, from one side only in Acer, all round in Dipteronia). Dispersal unit the mericarp. Dispersal by wind. Seeds non-endospermic. Embryo well differentiated. Cotyledons 2 (flat or ...
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Angiosperm Families - Achariaceae Harms
... in ‘inflorescences’ (few flowered); in fascicles and in racemes. The terminal inflorescence unit (when determinable) racemose. Inflorescences few flowered, in fascicles or racemes. Flowers small ... ). Ovules in the single cavity 3–20; arillate. Fruit non-fleshy; dehiscent. Dispersal unit the seed. Seeds endospermic. Embryo well differentiated. Cotyledons 2. Embryo straight; small. Physiology, ...
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Angiosperm Families - Achatocarpaceae Heimerl.
... cymes, or in racemes, or in fascicles, or in panicles. The terminal inflorescence unit cymose. Inflorescences small, branched cymes, racemes, panicles or fascicles. Flowers bracteate; small. ... cavity 1; funicled; ascending; non-arillate; campylotropous. Fruit fleshy; indehiscent; a berry. Dispersal unit the fruit. Fruit 1 seeded. Seeds (strictly) non-endospermic. Perisperm present (copious, mealy ...
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Angiosperm Families - Aitoniaceae Harv. & Sond.
... . Placentation axile. Ovules 2 per locule; amphitropous. Fruit non-fleshy; dehiscent; a capsule. Capsules loculicidal. Dispersal unit the seed. Seeds non-endospermic. Embryo curved. Physiology, biochemistry. Sugars transported as sugar alcohols + oligosaccharides ...
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Angiosperm Families - Alangiaceae DC.
... fruit and seed morphology. Flowers aggregated in ‘inflorescences’; in cymes. The terminal inflorescence unit cymose. Inflorescences axillary; cymes. Flowers regular. Perianth with distinct calyx and corolla; 8– ... ; a drupe. The drupes with one stone (endocarp crustaceous or woody, one-seeded). Dispersal unit the fruit. Fruit 1 seeded. Seeds endospermic. Endosperm oily (and fleshy). Cotyledons 2 ( ...
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Angiosperm Families - Alseuosmiaceae Airy Shaw
... locule (to ‘many’). Antipodal cells formed; 3; not proliferating. Fruit fleshy; indehiscent; a berry. Dispersal unit the fruit. Seeds endospermic. Cotyledons 2. Physiology, biochemistry. Iridoids not detected (S.R. Jensen, unpublished ...
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Angiosperm Families - Altingiaceae Lindl.
... adjoining flowers combining to form a multiple fruit. The multiple fruits coalescing, or not coalescing (?). Dispersal unit the inflorescence (this globular, hard, dry, of many capsules). Cotyledons 2; flat. Embryo straight. Seedling ...
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Angiosperm Families - Ancistrocladaceae Planch.
... in ‘inflorescences’; in panicles, in spikes, and in cymes. The terminal inflorescence unit often apparently cymose (axillary or terminal). Inflorescences spikes, panicles or racemes representing lax ... ascending; non-arillate. Fruit non-fleshy; indehiscent; a nut. Dispersal unit the nut with its crown of sepals. Dispersal by water. Seeds endospermic. Endosperm ruminate; starchy. Seeds with starch. ...
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Angiosperm Families - Anemarrhenaceae Conran, M.W. Chase & Rudall
... ). Placentation axile. Ovules 2 per locule; anatropous. Fruit non-fleshy; dehiscent; a capsule. Capsules loculicidal. Dispersal unit the seed. Fruit 3–6 seeded. Seeds endospermic (endosperm fleshy); fusiform-triangular. Seeds without starch ...
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