(2015) used a character that distinguished partly
epigynous from
epigynous, but this is not likely to be informative for placement of Canrightiopsis among Chloranthaceae and related fossils, since only Hedyosmum and the Asteropollis plant are fully
epigynous.
The fruit itself is known as a pepo--a modified or
epigynous berry.
4 mm long, white, margins minutely lacerate; ovary elliptic, 18-20 x 9-10 mm, green, glabrous, slightly sulcate; placentation central-apical; ovules cylindrical, obtuse;
epigynous tube ca.
* An
epigynous flower has an inferior ovary, or one that is attached to the stem below where the other flower parts are attached.
Stamens included; filaments complanate, lilac toward the apex, the antepetalous ones adnate to the petals for 6-8 mm, the antesepalous ones free; anther base obtuse-sagittate, apex apiculate, apiculus nigrescent, dorsifixed above the base at 1/3 of its length; pollen globose, diporate, exine psillate; stigma conduplicate-spiral, ellipsoid-capitate, lilac-purple, margins crenulate-lacerate; ovary obconic, trigonous, 8-9 mm long, 6-7 mm in diameter at the apex, white, glabrous, bearing inconspicuous longitudinal sulcus; placentation apical; ovules shortly caudate;
epigynous tube inconspicuous, ca.
Perianth position, whether hypogynous at the junction with pedicel, or
epigynous at the fruit apex, or expanded to form wings, helps with familial and ordinal identification (Table 1).
epigynous A flower with an inferior ovary; that is, one attached to the stem below where the other flower parts are attached.
dorsifixed near the middle),
epigynous tube often lacking (vs.
5 mm in diameter at apex, subtrigonous, densely white-floccose-lepidote mainly toward the apex, greenish;
epigynous tube inconspicuous; placentation apical; ovules apiculate.
basis of an
epigynous, valvate perianth with opposite stamens; a single,
3.5 mm wide at apex, subtrigonous;
epigynous tube lacking; placentation apical; ovules apiculate.