hy·pan·thi·um

(hī-păn′thē-əm)

n. pl. hy·pan·thi·a (-thē-ə)

The ringlike, cup-shaped, or tubular structure of a flower on which the sepals, petals, and stamens are borne, as in the flowers of the rose or cherry. Also called floral cup.

[New Latin : hyp(o)- + Greek anthos, flower.]

hy·pan′thi·al adj.

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hypanthium

(haɪˈpænθɪəm)

n, pl -thia (-θɪə)

(Botany) the cup-shaped or flat receptacle of perigynous or epigynous flowers

[C19: from New Latin, from hypo- + Greek anthion a little flower, from anthos flower]

hyˈpanthial adj

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hy•pan•thi•um

(haɪˈpæn θi əm)

n., pl. -thi•a (-θi ə)

a cup-shaped or tubular body formed by the conjoined sepals, petals, and stamens of a flower.

[1850–55; < New Latin, =hyp- hyp- + anthium < Greek ánthion (ánth(os) flower + -ion diminutive suffix)]

hy•pan′thi•al, adj.

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hypanthium - the cuplike or ringlike or tubular structure of a flower which bears the sepals and stamens and calyx (as in Rosaceae)

calyx tube, floral cup

plant organ - a functional and structural unit of a plant or fungus

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Brazilian Cherry flowers are hermaphrodite, with four curved white petals on the hypanthium and four sepals also bent on the structure, highlighting the androecium.

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Hypanthium campanulate, abaxially hairless or rarely tomentose.

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49 Floral base (0) no hypanthium, superior ovary, (1) hypanthium, superior, (2) inferior ovary.

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This bee visited the flower for up to 30 s, inserting its head and thorax in the hypanthium (Figure 3).

Reproductive biology of endemic Solanum melissarum Bohs (Solanaceae) and updating of its current geographic distribution as the basis for its conservation in the Brazilian Cerrado/Biologia reprodutiva da endemica Solanum melissarum Bohs (Solanaceae) e atualizacao da distribuicao geografica atual, como base para a sua conservacao no Cerrado Brasileiro

Flores 3-9 per inflorescentiam, pediceli 1-4 mm longi; calycis lobuli deltati, hypanthium infundibuliforme.

Tres especies nuevas de Myrtaceae de la Sierra Madre Oriental, Mexico

For this purpose, a hole was made in the base of the hypanthium using a 100[micro]l capillary tube; immediately thereafter, as many as 20[micro]l capillary tubes as necessary to extract all the nectar found in the nectar chamber were introduced, measuring the length of the nectar column in the capillary tubes to determine the volume.

Avian nectar robbers of Passiflora mixta (Passifloraceae): do they have a positive effect on the plant?/Aves ladronas de nectar de Passiflora mixta (Passifloraceae): ?Tienen efecto positivo en la planta?/Aves ladras de nectar de Passiflora mixta (Passifloraceae) Tem efeito positivo na planta?

Some of the major differences in the formulae are related to the fact that species in the Onagraceae have a floral tube or hypanthium, and this structure is represented in quite different ways in the three formulae.

Teaching flower structure & floral formulae--a mix of the real & virtual worlds

As in the remaining members of the Sicyeae, Cyclanthera shows a central androecial column, nectaries derived from secretory trichomes on the hypanthium (see Vogel, 1981), and 4-6-zonocolporate pollen (cf.

A new species of Cyclanthera (Cucurbitaceae, Sicyeae) from Southern South America