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syncarpous

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syncarpous [sin′kär·pəs]
(botany)
Descriptive of a gynoecium having the carpels united in a compound ovary.


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1985) and Kubitzki (1987), we consider cyperoid flowers to be derived from a typical trimerous, actinomorphic, diplostemonous, monocot flower with a superior syncarpous pistil (e.
This may be because an increase in carpel number in a syncarpous gynoecium has less effect on the general appearance of flowers than does an increase in number of free stamens.
Although the "Ambelanieae" and "Macoubeeae" have a syncarpous ovary and seeds embedded in pulp, whereas in the Tabernaemontaneae the ovary is usually apocarpous and the seeds displayed with (often brightly colored) arils, the close relationship of these three tribes is well supported by morphological, chemical, and molecular evidence (Fallen, 1986; Zhu et al.
 
 
 
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