Floral symmetry describes whether, and how, a flower, in particular its perianth, can be divided into two or more identical or mirror-image parts. Uncommonly...

floral parts, there may be one or more planes of symmetry, so they can have bilateral symmetry (i.e., a single plane of symmetry) or radial symmetry (i...

Symmetry in biology refers to the symmetry observed in organisms, including plants, animals, fungi, and bacteria. External symmetry can be easily seen...

may be either radially or bilaterally symmetrical (see Symmetry in biology and Floral symmetry). If all of the petals are essentially identical in size...

that are often sexually selected for. For example, flower symmetry, nectar production, floral structure, and inflorescences are just a few of the many...

A floral formula is a notation for representing the structure of particular types of flowers. Such notations use numbers, letters and various symbols to...

unbranched, indeterminate type of inflorescence bearing flowers having short floral stalks along the shoots that bear the flowers. The oldest flowers grow close...

bilaterally symmetrical (zygomorphic) flowers. These flowers are spontaneous floral symmetry mutants. The term epanody is also applied to this phenomenon. Bilaterally...

Staminode Tapetum Flower Aestivation Flower development Floral diagram Floral formula Floral symmetry Whorl Fruit Anatomy Berry Capsule Nut Pyrena Seed Dispersal...

Staminode Tapetum Flower Aestivation Flower development Floral diagram Floral formula Floral symmetry Whorl Fruit Anatomy Berry Capsule Nut Pyrena Seed Dispersal...

Papilionoideae) reveals a proneness for independent evolution of radial floral symmetry among early-branching papilionoid legumes". Taxon. 61 (5): 1057–1073...

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listed forms differs from its corresponding variety with respect to floral symmetry or leaf morphology, or both. Neither f. stenophyllum nor f. dissectum...

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PMC 2992528. PMID 21073690. Endress, Peter K (February 2001). "Evolution of floral symmetry". Current Opinion in Plant Biology. 4 (1): 86–91. Bibcode:2001COPB...

tip of a short stalk or axis, called a receptacle. Each of these parts or floral organs is arranged in a spiral called a whorl. The four main whorls (starting...

of genus Moringa (except M. longituba) characterized by irregular floral symmetry, perigynous flowers, and short receptacles. The Dysmoringa clade contains...

regarded as ancestral or primitive. For example, an actinomorphic floral symmetry has appeared twice in the subfamily Ochnoideae. Also, two clades of...

the sophistication, symmetry, and shapes of European design ideals of the time. In the mid 20th century, flower arranging and floral design came to be seen...

Pennington; Quentin C. B. Cronk (8 August 2006). "An apparent reversal in floral symmetry in the legume Cadia is a homeotic transformation". PNAS. 103 (32):...

based on three chloroplast DNA regions: patterns in the evolution of floral symmetry and extrafloral nectaries". American Journal of Botany. 93 (2): 288–303...

selection including floral symmetry if pollinators visit flowers assortatively by degree of symmetry, nectar production, floral structure, and inflorescences...

gynobasic. Ovary usually has two ovules per locule, side by side. Floral symmetry zygomorphic, septal nectaries absent. Nine genera native to South America...

Floral biology is an area of ecological research that studies the evolutionary factors that have moulded the structures, behaviours and physiological aspects...

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up biology to drop mathematics. He took an interest in the study of floral symmetry. In January 1961 he befriended Canadian lepidopterist Gary Botting...

structures, but carry additional information (e.g. symmetry plane orientation). There is no agreement on how floral diagrams should be drawn, it depends on the...

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1999). "An epigenetic mutation responsible for natural variation in floral symmetry". Nature. 401 (6749): 157–161. Bibcode:1999Natur.401..157C. doi:10...

nectary or honey gland is floral tissue found in different locations in the flower and is one of several secretory floral structures, including elaiophores...