Botany

Botany

Terms that are in relation to the study or science of plants.

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Involucre

Plants; Botany

A group of bracts enveloping a condensed inflorescence; a layer of tissue enveloping particular structures, e.g. An archegonium in Bryophyta, sporangia in Hymenophyllaceae.

Tetrad

Plants; Botany

A group of four; four pollen grains remaining fused together at maturity, e.g. In Ericaceae, Epacridaceae.

Family

Plants; Botany

A group of one to many genera believed to be related phylogenetically, usually clearly separable from other such groups.

Conflorescence

Plants; Botany

A compound inflorescence consisting of two or more unit inflorescences.

Petal

Plants; Botany

A member of the inner whorl of non-fertile parts surrounding the fertile organs of a flower, usually soft and coloured conspicuously.

Wing

Plants; Botany

A membranous expansion of a fruit or seed, which aids dispersal; a thin flange of tissue extended beyond the normal outline of a stem or petiole; a lateral petal of a flower in Fabaceae.