- Tubiflorae, Plantaginales, Rubiales, Cucurbitales, and Campanulatae.
Sympetalous flowers are
found in many angiosperms, but it was the
combination of...
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recognizable by simple,
opposite leaves with
interpetiolar sti****s and
sympetalous actinomorphic flowers. The
family contains about 14,100
species in about...
- The
petals may be
united to form a
tubular corolla (gamopetalous or
sympetalous). If
either the
petals or
sepals are
entirely absent, the
perianth can...
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subsequent growth is dela****. If the
corolla is
fused together it is
called sympetalous. In
monocotyledonous flowers (e.g.,
Lilium sp.),
petals and
sepals are...
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while if the
petals are at
least partially fused, it is
gamopetalous or
sympetalous. In the case of
fused tepals, the term is syntepalous. The
corolla in...
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united into a tube. However,
these older classifications contained some
sympetalous families, such as Cucurbitaceae, that are now
known not to be closely...
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erect and
consists of one (e.g., Liparophyllum) to many flowers. The
sympetalous, insect-pollinated
flowers are five-parted and
either yellow or white...
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hermaphrodite and show
considerable variability. The
petals are
often fused (
sympetalous) with
shapes ranging from
narrowly tubular to
funnelform or
widely urn-shaped...
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membership in a clade.
apopetalous Having separate petals, not
fused (
sympetalous).
apophyllous Perianth or
other segments free, not united.
Compare symphyllous...
- actinomorphic, with a
calyx composed of five free or
slightly fused sepals, a
sympetalous corolla composed of five
fused petals, an
androecium composed of ten...
