hypanthium
Term Information
- Accession
- PO:0009065
- Aspect
- plant anatomy
- Synonyms
- exact: 花床筒 、いちじく状花序(=hypanthodium (Japanese)
- exact: hipantio (Spanish)
- exact: hypanthia
- broad: floral cup
- Definition
- A cup- or tube-shaped cardinal organ part, bearing perianth and stamens on its rim, so these arise above the base, and often above the top, of the ovary. [source: ISBN:0521251346]
- Comment
- Only bears stamens or perianth segments if they are present in the flower (e.g., no stamens in a carpellate flower).
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