nectarial

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nec·ta·ry

(nĕk′tə-rē)

n. pl. nec·ta·ries

A nectar-secreting structure located either within a flower or on a leaf or other part of a plant.

[New Latin nectārium, from nectar.]

nec·tar′i·al (-târ′ē-əl) adj.

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Pollination droplets, nectaries, and nectarial secretion in Ephedra.

Degradome and secretome of pollination drops of Ephedra

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Taxonomic and ecological aspects of Trichocereeae tribe at Umarcata Hill and Orobel Valley, Chillon River Valley, Lima/ Aspectos taxonomicos y de conservacion de la tribu Trichocereeae en el cerro umarcata y quebrada Orobel, Valle del rio Chillon, Lima

Indeed, the acceptance of the nectarial stubs as staminodes involves the acceptance of ancestral polyandry in Greyiaceae and Francoaceae, where the related rosid families are all basically diplostemonous.