ETYMOLOGY OF THE WORD GYNOECIUM
New Latin, from Greek gunaikeion women's quarters, from gunaik-, gunē woman + -eion, suffix indicating place.
10 ENGLISH BOOKS RELATING TO «GYNOECIUM»
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Carpels, gynoecium and placentation: The most primitive carpels are unsealed,
conduplicate and more or less stipitate structures (resembling young petiolate
leaves lying still in the adaxially folded state inside the bud), containing a
relatively ...
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Name that Flower: The Identification of Flowering Plants
A gynoecium of only one carpel is found in a number of large families including
the Fabaceae (formerly Papilionaceae, the pea family), Mimosaceae (wattles)
and Proteaceae, the family that includes Grevillea and Banksia. Most flowers
have ...
Ian Clarke, Helen Lee, 2003
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Grasses: Systematics and Evolution
The gynoecium forms a wall or ridge around the developing nucellus. At this
stage the anthers are about the same length as the gynoecium (Fig. lb), and in
awned species the lemma awn generally extends early in development (Fig. lc).
Surrey W. L. Jacobs, 2000
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Diversity and Evolutionary Biology of Tropical Flowers
Syncarpous gynoecia A syncarpous gynoecium is, accordingly, more
complicated than a single carpel (or a unicarpellate gynoecium) (Figs 2.13.2,
2.20), although the characteristics of the structural units, the carpels, are similar.
On the other ...
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Biology and Biotechnology of the Plant Hormone Ethylene III
Although the petals make a substantial contribution to the ethylene that is
produced during natural or pollination-induced senescence in carnation flowers,
the gynoecium produces a significant amount of ethylene before the onset of ...
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Genetics: Classical to Modern
This condition is found in pea and other legumes where the gynoecium is made
of only one carpel (Figs. 35 A, Al). 2. Compound or multicarpellary. It is made of
more than one carpel. Such a gynoecium is found in large number of
angiosperms ...
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Auxin and Its Role in Plant Development
An important component of the gynoecium is the transmitting tract. Its major
function is to connect the apex of the gynoecium (stigma) representing the pollen
germination region with the ovules containing the female gametes. It also assists
...
Eva Zažímalová, Jan Petrášek and Eva Benková
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A Text Book Of Practical Botany 2
GYNOECIUM OR PISTIL Gynoecium. The fourth or female whorl composed of
one or more carpels. Pistillode. A sterile Gynoecium or pistil. Carpels. A leaf-like
organ bearing ovules along the margins, the unit structure of a compound pistil.
Dr. Ashok Bendre & Dr. Ashok Kumar, 2009
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Advances in Brassicaceae Research and Application: 2013 Edition
According to news reporting out of Shanghai, People's Republic of China, by
NewsRx editors, research stated, “The gynoecium is the female reproductive
structure in flowering plants. It has been known that the CLAVATAl (CLV1) gene ...
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Understanding Plant Anatomy
The floral parts concerned with megasporogenesis constitute, collectively, the
gynoecium (from the Greek words meaning woman and house). The basic unit of
the gynoecium is the carpel (in Greek, fruit), which is commonly regarded as a ...
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Origin and evolution of Petrocosmea (Gesneriaceae) inferred from …
Corolla throat ribbing and whether the gynoecium develops equally or unequally dorsoventrally were correlated in all taxa and character state ... «BMC Blogs Network, Jul 15»
General Science Bullet - Common terminologies used in Botany …
Gynoecium: This part (innermost whorl) contains female reproductive structures called carpels. Link to Common terminologies used in Botany ... «PaGaLGuY, Jun 15»
Pikes/Pines | Flowering Capitol Hill
Pollen, where a flowering plant's sperm comes from, need eggs to fertilize, which are found in the female portion of the plant, the Gynoecium ... «CHS Capitol Hill Seattle, Jul 14»
Ancient Flowering Plant Caught In The Middle Of Sexual …
The gynoecium consists of a single carpel, whose short, curved style has an attenuate tip lacking an enlarged stigma." The stamen are the male ... «Design & Trend, Jan 14»
The magic of flowering season
The aggregate of carpels in the flower is called gynoecium. Flowers may be bisexual or unisexual. Unisexual flowers often retain the rudiment ... «The Borneo Post, Sep 12»
Homosexual behaviour is natural in the animal and plant kingdoms.
Flowers that contain both androecium and gynoecium are called androgynous or hermaphroditic. Examples of plants with perfect or bisexual ... «News24, Aug 12»
Practical examinations too count for students of science
... include checking the heart beat using a stethoscope, calculating the body mass index, dissection and display of androecium and gynoecium, ... «The Hindu, Nov 11»
