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apocarpous

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ap·o·car·pous  (p-kärps)
adj.
Having carpels that are free from one another. Used of a single flower with two or more separate pistils, as in roses.
apo·carpy (p-kärp) n.
apocarpous [ˌæpəˈkɑːpəs]
adj
(Life Sciences & Allied Applications / Botany) (of the ovaries of flowering plants such as the buttercup) consisting of separate carpels Compare syncarpous
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Adj.1.apocarpous - (of ovaries of flowering plants) consisting of carpels that are free from one another as in buttercups or rosesapocarpous - (of ovaries of flowering plants) consisting of carpels that are free from one another as in buttercups or roses
plant life, flora, plant - (botany) a living organism lacking the power of locomotion
syncarpous - (of ovaries of flowering plants) consisting of united carpels
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A second case of "unorthodox" evolutionary direction is the evolution of apocarpous gynoecia from syncarpous ancestors.
Morphology and angiosperm systematics in the Molecular era by Endress, Peter K. / The Botanical Review
The "Pleiocarpinae," char acterized by apocarpous ovaries and conspicuous gaps in the corolla tube just above insertion of the stamens, is removed from the "Carisseae" and is treated as a separate tribe--the Hunterieae--as was proposed earlier (Fallen, 1986, as Pleiocarpeae).
A Revised Classification of the Apocynaceae s.l by ENDRESS, MARY E.; BRUYNS, PETER V. / The Botanical Review
One to 13 free carpels are aggregated, but with their ventral sutures facing outward, rather than inward as in most apocarpous flowers.
The Inflorescence: Introduction by TUCKER, SHIRLEY C.; GRIMES, JAMES / The Botanical Review
 
 
 
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