Cypsela, achene of Asteraceae (KWOK_WanHin)
Updated on 03/04/2016
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Description
Location
CUHK Campus
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Popular Tag
petal
,
sepal
,
pileus
,
pistil
,
suspensor
,
stipe
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epidermis
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ovule
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Labellum
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stamen
Popular Tag
petal
, sepal
, pileus
, pistil
, suspensor
, stipe
, epidermis
, ovule
, Labellum
, stamen
Here is some additional information: Cypsela is an indehiscent fruit derived from a unilocular yet bicapellate ovary. (A Dictionary of Plant Sciences (3 ed.) & A Dictionary of Biology (7 ed.))
Below is the description of Asteraceae about the fruit and ovary:
'ovaries inferior, 2-carpellate, and 1-locular with 1 basally attached, anatropous ovule'
'Fruits (technically cypselae, historically called achenes)' (Flora of North America; http://www.efloras.org/florataxon.aspx?flora_id=1&taxon_id=10074)