Chamaebatia

Glossary

achene

Small dry indehiscent fruit that has a single seed (as in e.g. Polylepis).

family

A group of genera more closely related to each other than to genera in other families. Names of families are identified by the suffix ‘-aceae’ (e.g. Myrtaceae) with a few traditional exceptions (e.g. Leguminosae).

pinnatifid

(of a leaf) Dissected into large teeth or lobes that reach no more than halfway to the midvein.

receptacle

Enlarged end of a flower stalk that bears floral parts; (in some Podocarpaceae) fleshy structure bearing a seed formed by fusion of lowermost seed scales and peduncle.

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