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Caducous

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falling off early (as in sepals of poppy).

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Caepitose

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growing in tufts like grass

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Callosity

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a thickened swelling.

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Calli

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glandular hairs

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Callus

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a hard thickened part, e.g. on the labellum of some orchids

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Calycle

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the epicalyx. a whorl of bracts outside the true calyx: rim at the top of cup-shaped torus (Loranthaceae).

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Calyx

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the outer whorl of a flower when both sepals and petals are present. and consisting of free or united sepals.

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Caylx-rim

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or calycine ring: scar left by the operculum at the summit of the calyx-tube of the Eucalyptus flower-bud.

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Calyx-tube

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the enlarged floral receptacle (see hypanthium, floral-tube, torus) of the Eucalyptus flower-bud.

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Campanulate

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bell-shaped, e.g. a tubular corolla with petals ± united. i.e. wider at the top than at the bottom.

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Canaliculate

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longitudinally grooved or channelled

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Caescent

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grey or hoary

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Capillary

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hair-like

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Capitate

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having a rounded head

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Capitulum

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an inflorescence, having ± Sessile flowers crowded into a head

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Capsule

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a dry fruit consisting of more than 1 carpel and splitting into valves when ripe, or opening by pores or teeth at the apex

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Carinatte

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keeled

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Carpel

See Pistil

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the organ containing the ovules; a modified leaf folded lengthwise with edges joined, constituting a simple pistil or an element of a compound pistil.

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Caruncle (aril)

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a fleshy appendage of the seed, growing near the seed stalk

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Caryopsis

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an achene with seed joined to the ovary wall

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Catkin

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a spike consisting of small unisexual apetalous flowers

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Caudate

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bearing a tail-like appendage

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Caudex

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stem

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Caudicle

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a strap-like structure connecting the pollen masses in orchids to the viscid disc of the appendage to the stigma; stalk of pendulous or erect pollen-masses as in Rhyncharrhena and Leichardtia (Asclepiadaceae)

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Cauline

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ins<’rt<’d on. or pertaining to. the stem

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Cernuous

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drooping. head turned downwards

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Chaff

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a small. thin. dry and membranous scale or bract. in particular the bracts (chaffy scales) in t he f1ower-heads of some members of the Asteraceae

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Ciliate

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fringed with hairs or ‘cilia’ (as in leaf)

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Ciliolate

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bordered by, very short hairs.

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Cinereus

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Circinate

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rolled coil-wise from the top downwards

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Circumsciss

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when a capsule opens along a horizontal. circular line so that the top or lid breaks away

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Cladode

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a green. flattened stem which resembles a leaf

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Clavate; Claviform

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club-shaped

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Claw

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the- narrow lower part of a petal or involucral bract; in orchids it particularly refers to the labellum.

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Coccus

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the I -seeded carpel of a syncarpous fruit which splits away from another when ripe

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Column

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the stamens and style when combined in a solid body as in Orchidaceae and Stylidiaceae: the lower part of the awn in grasses.

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Columnar tube

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a hollow tube of united stamina! filaments embracing style and ovary, e.g. Malvaceae

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Coma

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a tuft of silky hairs attached to the end of a seed

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Complicate

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folded together or folded upon itself

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Compound leaf

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a leaf of two or more leaflets

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Compressed

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more or less flattened laterally; as in fruits of Apium

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Conduplicate

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folded together lengthwise

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Cone-scale

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the- fleshy stalk-like base (fruit) to which the seed is attached in Podocarpaceae.

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Cone-vave

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woody bracteoles and bracts surrounding the true fruit in Casuarina

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Confluent

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running together. commonly pertaining to anther cells

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Connate

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joined together at the base (e.g. petals in gamopetalous flowers).

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Connective

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the part of the anther distinct from the filament which connects the 2 cells

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Connivent

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organs approaching one another at the summit

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Contaguous

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when neighbouring parts are in contact without fusing

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Cordate

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heart-shaped. as in leaves with the notch at the base

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Coriaceous

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leathery in texture (as in leaves).

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Corm

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a tuberous underground stern

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Corolla

See Perianth

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the inner whorl of a f1ower consisting of free- or united petals. For lobe. tube and segment

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Corona

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a small ring or crown of free or united appendages. inserted inside the corolla

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Corymb (corymbose)

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an inflorescence in which the lowest flower stalks continue to grow until they reach approximately the- same level as the terminal one. so that all the flowers are
brought to the same Ind. The oldest flowers arc at the edges

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Costate

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ribbed with ± parallel lines distinctly raised; as in calyx-tube of some Eucalyptus species.

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Cotyledon

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the first leaf (seed-leaf) of the plant embryo

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Crenate

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margin cut into blunt or rounded teeth

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Crenulate

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crenate. with very small teeth.

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Crisped

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markedly wavy or undulate. curled

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Cristate

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Cucullate

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Culm

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the stem of grasses. usually hollow except at the nodes

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Cuneate (cuneiform)

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wedge-shaped, with the narrow end at point of attachment. as the bases of leaves or petals.

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Cuspidate

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tipped with a sharp, rigid point.

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Cymbiform

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boat-shaped (keel of Papilionaceae).

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Cyme

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an inflorescence in which the main axis stops growing on the production of a flower. In the cymose inflorescence the oldest flowers are in the centre not on the ed1ses as in a corymb

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Cymule

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a diminutive cyme

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Cypsela

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a small, indehiscent, dry, 1-seed<”d fruit formed from an inferior ovary (e.g. Asteraceae), often loosely called an achene

BIO257: Australian Biodiversity (43 decks)

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