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Glossary of terms used on this site
There are 98 entries in this glossary.
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Monocarpic
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(Of flowering with respect to architecture), plant flowering and fruiting only once during its lifespan, e.g. Corypha, cf. hapaxanthic, pleonanthic, also iteroparous, plietesial, semelparous, cf. (of plant duration) annual, biennial, ephemeral, perennial.
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Monochasium
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Of a cymose inflorescence, with branches arising from only one of each pair or bracteoles/prophylls, or from the single bracteole/prophyll, adj. monochasial, see bicolor unit, drepanium, helicoid cyme, rhipidium, scorpioid cyme, cf. dichasium.
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Monopodial
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Of growth, with a persistent terminal growing point producing many lateral organs successively, thus a monopodial stem grows in this way, see also indeterminate, racemose (of inflorescences), cf. sympodial.
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Mucro
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A sharp, abrupt terminal point, adj. mucronate.
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Photo Gallery of Espeletiinae |
With 5000 pics, this is the World's largest collection of photographs of Espeletiinae (a.k.a. frailejones). Check it out HERE!

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