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sympetalous

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sym·pet·al·ous  (sm-ptl-s)
adj.
Having united petals; gamopetalous.
sympetalous [sɪmˈpɛtələs]
adj
(Life Sciences & Allied Applications / Botany) Botany another word for gamopetalous
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Adj.1.sympetalous - having a corolla composed of partially or wholly fused petals forming a corolla shaped like a tube or funnel
gamopetalous
petaled, petalled, petalous - (of flowers) having petals
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sympetalous angiosperm flowers from the Upper Cretaceous of Southern Sweden.
Fossil record and age of the Asteridae by Martinez-Millan, Marcela / The Botanical Review
Ocotheca's small flowers are characterized by five distinct sepals, a sympetalous corolla of five petals, five epipetalous stamens alternate to the petals, and five carpels that form a superior, compound ovary with five distinct styles.
On the phylogenetic position of the New Caledonian endemic families ... by Cameron, Kenneth M. / The Botanical Review
Conversely, it seems that petal retardation is no longer present in core asterids with sympetalous flowers (Endress, 1994).
Morphology and angiosperm systematics in the Molecular era by Endress, Peter K. / The Botanical Review
 
 
 
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