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Saccate

in relation to perianth or ovary

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bag-shaped, like a pouch

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Sagittate

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shaped like the head of an arrow

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Samara

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a winged nut

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Scaberulous (scabrid)

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somewhat rough

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Scabrous (scabrid)

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rough to the touch. usually due to short. stiff hairs

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Scandent

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climbing

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Scape

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a leafless flower stalk arising from a rosette of basal leaves

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Scarious

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applied to bracts which are not fleshy but thin and dry or membranous

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Scleophyllous

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hard or leathery: leaves usually with thick cuticles and sunken stomata

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Scorpioid

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a cyme in which the lateral branches are developed on opposite sides alternate.

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Scurfy

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covered with rninute loose scales

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Sepal

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0ne of the parts of the calyx

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Sepaloid

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said of a perianth or corolla that resembles sepals in appearance

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Septate

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divided by partitions

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Septicidal

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when a capsule splits open through dissepiments and the carpels fall apart separately

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Serrate

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toothed like a saw

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Serrulate

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rninutely serrate

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Sessile

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wi1hout a stalk. applied to flowers and leaves which arise fron1 the stem

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Seta

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a bristle or stiff hair

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Setaceous

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bristle-like; applied to a stern it means slender

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Setose

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covered with bristles.

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Serulose

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resembling a fine bristle

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Sheathing

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the stalk or blade of a leaf more or less encircling the stem

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Shrub

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a woody plant of smaller structure than a tree and one that produces shoots or trunks from the base

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Sigmoid

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5-shaped, as of leaf. or pedicel bearing a flower as in some species of Eremophila

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Silicula

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the seed-pod of some Brassicaceae composed of 2 carpels and usually less than 3 times as long as broad

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Siliqua

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the seed-pod of some Brassicaceae composed of 2 carpels and usually more than 3 times as long as broad

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Simple

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opposite of compound. e.g. a simple leaf is not divided into leaflets

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Sinuate

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having a wavy outline

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Sinus

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the recess between two lobes of a leaf (as in Dryandra); or of an organ. e.g. junction between lateral sepals in Pterostylis

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Sorus (pl. sori)

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the- clusters of fruiting bodies of ferns; usually appearing on the under surface of the frond

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Spathe

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the- bract or leaf enclosing a flower cluster. e.g. the white petaloid section of the Arum lily.

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Spathiole

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a small spathe

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Spathulate

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spoon-shaped - as of a leaf: broadest at the outer end and gradually narrowing towards the base.

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Sphaeroidal

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(more/less) globular

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Spicate

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arranged in a spike

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Spike

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an indefinite inflorescence of sessile flowers

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Spikelet

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a secondary spike bearing one or several flowers. subtended by a common pair of glumes, as in Gramineae and Cyperaceae

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Spinescent

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Spinule

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a small spine

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Sporangium (pl. sporangia)

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a sac containing spores as in ferns

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Spore

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a simple reproductive body. usually composed of a single cell containing no embryo, found particularly in the ferns and lower orders.

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Sporocarp

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a receptacle containing spores or sporangia

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Sporophyll

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a leaf which bears spores or sporangia

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Spur

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a hollow, slender protuberance from the base of the calyx or corolla, usually containing a nectar-secreting gland

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Squarrose

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rough with spreading projections such as the tips of bracts

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Stamen

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the male organ of seed-forming plants. consisting of the pollen-bearing anther supported by the filament

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Staminal ring

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scar of the filament bases of stamens in a Eucalyptus flower-bud

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Staminate

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applied to a flower which has stamens but no pistil

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Staminode

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a sterile stamen. or a structure resembling a stamen and borne on the stamina! part of the flower

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Standard

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the broad upright petal of a papilionaceous flower

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Stellate

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star-shaped. refers to branched hairs

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Sterile

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lacking functional sex organs

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Stigma

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the female pan of the flower which receives the pollen and is supported by the style

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Stigmatic

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pertaining to a stigma

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Stripe

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the stalk of a pistil or other small organ; the petiole of a fern leaf

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Stipella (or stipel)

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a small secondary stipule, usually found at the base of leaflets

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Stipitate

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shortly stalked

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Stipule

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one of a pair of tiny appendages which may be present at the base of a petiole

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Stock

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the portion of the stem and roots in a herbaceous perennial that docs not die during the season.

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Stolon (sucker or runner)

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a basal branch growing prostrate along or just below the ground, rooting at intervals and forming new plants.

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Stoloniferous

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sending out or propagating by stolons

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Striate (striae)

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with fine parallel lines. grooves or ridges

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Strigose

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leaves covered with strigae. i.e. straight rigid. closely-pressed rather short bristle-shaped hairs.

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Strophiole

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a small hard appendage outside the testa of a seed

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Style

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the stalk joining the stigma to the ovary of the pistil

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Style-end

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pollen-presenter region as in Grevillea

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Subulate

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awl-shaped

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Succulent

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juicy or fleshy

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Sulcate

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grooved or furrowed lengthwise

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Superior

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(as of ovary) lies upon the receptacle

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Suture

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a line of union as in a fruit

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Sympatric

see allopatric

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occurring in one area

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Synangium

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an aggregated or composite sporangium with a series of loculi

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Syncarpous

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an ovary or fruit composed of united carpels

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Syngenesious

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stamens jointed by their anthers. forming a cylinder round the style

BIO257: Australian Biodiversity (43 decks)

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