- the
integuments after fertilization.
Sarcotesta – a
fleshy seed coat.
Sclerotesta – a hard seed coat.
Triploid –
Xenia – the
effect of
pollen on seeds...
-
rancid butter or
vomit when fallen.
Beneath the
sarcotesta is the hard
sclerotesta (the "s****" of the seed) and a
papery endotesta, with the
nucellus surrounding...
- it
contains a
layer of
fleshy material between the
sarcotesta and the
sclerotesta that is
thought to aid the seed by
providing it with a
source of water...
- lamina, with
yellow to yellow-brown sarcotesta.
Ovoid and
flattened sclerotesta. The male
cones are
solitary and erect,
spindle shaped and cylindrical...
-
apical spine. The
sarcotesta is yellow-brown with a waxy coating, the
sclerotesta ovoid and flattened. The male
cones are solitary, ovoid, 16–20 cm long...
-
ovules per sporophyll. The
sarcotesta is
thick orange tomentose, and the
sclerotesta flattened ovoid shaped. The male
cones erect,
narrow ovoid, with a broad...
- and an
apical spine. The
sarcotesta is 2–3.5 mm
thick and orange, the
sclerotesta flattened and long ovoid, with a
network of
shallow grooves. The male...
-
dormancy has been
recorded in a few
species of
Cycadales with
thick sclerotesta and slow
embryo development, for
example Cycas revoluta and
Zamia floridana...
-
spines on the lamina, with no
apical spine. The
sarcotesta is yellow, the
sclerotesta rough, ovoid. The male
cones solitary and
spindle shaped, yellow, 12–14 cm...
- likely. The
seeds produced are
typically large with a hard,
stony layer (
sclerotesta)
beneath a
fleshy outer coat (sarcotesta),
attracting animals such as...
