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Operculum (botany)

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27: 53: 66: 40: 185:) there may be two opercula – an outer operculum formed by the fusion of the united sepals and an inner operculum formed by the fusion of the sepals. In that case, the outer operculum is shed early in the development of the bud leaving a scar around the bud. In those species that lack an outer operculum, there is no bud scar. The inner operculum is shed just before flowering, when the 144:
In flowering plants, the operculum, also known as a calyptra, is the cap-like covering or "lid" of the flower or fruit that detaches at maturity. The operculum is formed by the fusion of
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has an opening covered by an operculum. When the operculum falls, the seed is sticky and is easily carried by animals that come into contact with it.
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have an operculum above the pitcher that serves to keep out rainwater that would otherwise dilute the digestive juices in the pitcher.
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of mosses usually opens when its operculum or "lid" falls off, exposing a ring of teeth that control the release of spores.
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and is usually shed as a single structure as the flower or fruit matures. The name is also used for the capping tissue of
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Ascomycete Systematics : the Luttrellian Concept (Chapter 3 - The Operculate Ascus and Allied Forms)
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Calyptra on top of the brown spore capsule (sporophyte) of the moss
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Kuiper, Pieter J.C.; Bos, Marten; Soekarjo, R., eds. (1992).
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venter that protects the capsule containing the embryonic
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Botanical term for a protective covering, hood or lid
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Mosses and other Bryophytes, an Illustrated Glossary
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Index

Calyptra (moth)

Eucalyptus erythrocorys

Eucalyptus blakelyi

Tortula muralis

Physcomitrella patens
botany
Ancient Greek
καλύπτρα
flowering plants
mosses
fungi
plant morphology
sepals
petals
roots
root cap
eucalypts
Eucalyptus
Corymbia
Angophora
stamens
pollen
monocotyledon
exine
Plantago
capsule

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