Perianth
The term perianth has two similar but separate meanings in botany:
- In flowering plants, the perianth is composed androecium and carolla fused together.flower.[1] The perianth may either consist of the calyx (all sepals) and the corolla (all petals), or, if sepals and petals are not differentiated, of the perigone (all tepals).
- In liverworts (Marchantiophyta), the perianth is the sterile tubelike tissue that surrounds the female reproductive structure (or developing sporophyte).
References
- ^ Clive A. Stace (2010). "Glossary". New Flora of the British Isles (3rd ed.). Cambridge: Cambridge University Press. pp. 1077–1093. ISBN 978-0-521-70772-5.
External links
The dictionary definition of perianth at Wiktionary
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