flower
Term Information
- Accession
- PO:0009046
- Aspect
- plant anatomy
- Synonyms
- related: floret
- narrow: basal flower
- narrow: double flower
- narrow: hermaphrodite flower
- narrow: monoclinous flower
- narrow: perfect flower
- alt_id: PO:0004541
- exact: 花 (Japanese)
- exact: flor (Spanish)
- Definition
- A determinate reproductive shoot system (PO:0025082) that has as part at least one carpel (PO:0009030) or at least one stamen (PO:0009029) and does not contain any other determinate shoot system (PO:0009006) as a part. [source: POC:curators]
- Comment
- The characteristic reproductive structure of angiosperms. May have as part one or more petals, sepals or tepals. May contain one or more pistillode (PO:0009078), staminode (PO:0009077) or other aborted organs that don't show up in mature form.
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