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lodicule

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lodicule [′läd·ə‚kyül]
(botany)
One of the minute membranous bodies found at the base of the carpel in most flowering grasses; usually occurs in pairs.
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Strasburger (1994) divides it into eight subfamilies, using the constitution of the spikelet, the lodicules, the structure of cariopsis, embryo, and plantlet, as well as leaf anatomy, as criteria.
Allelopathic evidence in the Poaceae by Sanchez-Moreiras, A.M.; Weiss, O.A.; Reigosa-Roger, M.J. / The Botanical Review
Lodicules Two questions that arise when lodicules are considered are 1) the homology of lodicules and 2) the distribution and pattern of diversification of lodicule types.
Phylogenetics and character evolution in the grass family (Poaceae): ... by Soreng, Robert J.; Davis, Jerrold I. / The Botanical Review
 
 
 
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