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infructescence

[‚in‚frək′tes·əns]

(botany)

An inflorescence's fruiting stage.

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aurita was successful in defending resource, although bats consumed some of the infructescence, opossum consumed most part of the resource.

Resource-defense behaviour: first report of an agonistic interaction between the opossum Didelphis aurita and the bat Artibeus lituratus

By contrast, the achenes of domesticated plants mostly remain on the plant, and birds perch on the infructescences gorging on the seeds.

Evolution and classification of Cannabis sativa (marijuana, hemp) in relation to human utilization

Compared to Ziemupe in plants from Uzava seeds were more firmly attached to the infructescence, which suggests that the fruits were less mature.

Seed dormancy and germination of an endangered coastal plant Eryngium maritimum (Apiaceae)

To test for the relationship of healthy, PD and TD infructescence number with architectural parameters, data were log-transformed and fit into a multiple stepwise regression analysis after checking for colinearity.

Does plant architectural complexity increase with increasing habitat complexity? A test with a pioneer shrub in the Brazilian Cerrado/A complexidade arquitetural de plantas aumenta com a complexidade do habitat? Um teste com um arbusto pioneiro de Cerrado

Biodiversity of saprobic microfungi associated with the infructescences of Protea species in South Africa.

A new genus of lauxaniid fly from South Africa (Diptera: Acalyptratae: Lauxaniidae), associated with proteas (Proteaceae)

We randomly selected and harvested one infructescence per plant each of the five blowouts in each of the two county locations for seed count, weight, and viability.

Seed production with insect herbivory and fungal occurrence for the rare Penstemon haydenii

15 x 17 mm Fruit color Red with black apex at first, finally bright red Infructescences Not encased in jelly Character A.

Novedades taxonomicas en Aiphanes (Palmae) de Colombia y Venezuela

Infructescence pendulous, the peduncle recurved--Astrocaryum standleyanum

El genero Astrocaryum (Arecaceae)

This date was chosen because survival of P pumila to the infructescence harvest date was fairly low and some individuals produced infructescences and senesced before that date.

Effects of the Exotic Invasive Shrub Lonicera maackii on the Survival and Fecundity of Three Species of Native Annuals

We selected the repeated, multiple-choice design because it mimics what birds encounter in the field as they fly from one infructescence to another, encounte ring fruits on each that appear slightly different.

A SIMPLE METHOD FOR TRACKING VERTEBRATE-DISPERSED SEEDS

The infructescence is enormous, although it usually bears only four to eight fruit, as each fruit weighs between 22 and 33 lb (10 and 15 kg).

Coco de mer

Estimates of dispersal distances for plants bearing wind-dispersed seeds often depended on combining a measured rate of fall with typical infructescence heights and assumed wind speeds.