Definition of Staminodes. Meaning of Staminodes. Synonyms of Staminodes

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Definition of Staminodes

Staminode
Staminode Stam"i*node, n. (Bot.) A staminodium.

Meaning of Staminodes from wikipedia

- [citation needed] Sometimes, the staminodes are modified to produce nectar, as in the witch-hazel (Hamamelis). Staminodes can be a critical characteristic...
- scale-like motile staminodes sandwiched by pistillate and staminate flower zones are called interstice staminodes. These staminodes play a role in controlling...
- three stamens and two to three staminodes, or infertile stamens, all of which have free, glabrous filaments. The staminodes occur posteriorly and have antherodes...
- bottom right) a shoot with flowers from a female plant, showing a robust stigma and male-flower stamens (staminodes), reduced, sterile, with no pollen....
- flowers – the pouch traps insects so they are forced to climb up past the staminode, behind which they collect or deposit pollinia, thus fertilizing the flower...
- flowers with 100 to 150 light purple to deep pinkish-purple, petal-like staminodes and red to purple fruit. The fruits ripen mainly in Summer and Autumn...
- leuconeura. The flowers are small with three petals and two larger petal-like staminodes. Maranta arundinacea is cultivated to produce the edible starch arrowroot...
- anthers carry a con****uous apical gland and five long (2.5 cm), white staminodes, which have filaments with a small appendage at their terminal ends. The...
- (water figwort), from which it is best separated by the shape of the staminode. Green Figwort is a hemicryptophyte perennial monoecious herb with no...
- is spurred at its base. All other stamens are converted to staminodes. The outer staminodes are shorter than the labellum. The labellum is yellowish, with...