petalone of the inner whorls of a
flower, usually colored; all
petals taken collectively from a
corollaSource: Noland, George B. 1983. General
Biology, 11th Edition. St. Louis, MO. C. V. Mosby ...
Full article >>>petals Usually brightly colored
elements of a þower that may produce fragrant oils; nonreproductive structures that attract pollinators.
Full article >>>petal -- One of the outer appendages of a
flower, located between the outer
sepals and the
stamens.
Petals often display bright colors that serve to attract pollinators. More info?
phloem -- Nutrient-conducting
tissue of
vascular plants.
Full article >>>petaloid A modified, flattened filament of a
stamen that may resemble a
petal.
petaloids Describes
flowerlike arrangement of respiratory podia in irregular sea urchins.
petiole A
stalklike portion of a
leaf connecting the blade to the
stem or branch.
Full article >>>Petals, collectively; usually the conspicuously colored
flower parts.
corpus callosum
[L. callous body] ...
Full article >>>petal Any of the separate parts of the
corolla of a
flower. Often brightly colored, the
petal is a modified
leaf and is important in
flowers pollinated by insects.
Covered in Lab 8
Seed Plant Reproduction ...
Full article >>> Petals the second layer of
flower parts; in insect-pollinated
flowers these are frequently enlarged and brightly-colored
(
petal = a
leaf spread out flat) ...
Full article >>>calyx - the outer whorl of
sepals; typically these are green, but are
petal-like in some
species corolla - the whorl of
petals, which are usually thin, soft and colored to attract insects that help the process of
pollination.
Full article >>>An example of this would be seen if, when
crossing flowers with
codominant "blue" and "purple"
alleles for
petal color, the resulting
offspring would have violet
petals.
Full article >>>If the
plant that develops doesn't have any
petals, it means the
gene they cut out is important for making
flowers. If the
plant ends up with too many
petals, it means the
gene is important for stopping
petal growth.
Full article >>>for the
dominant allele result in the same
genotype in complete dominance (if red is
dominant over white, the
petals of a
flower heterozygous for red and white would be red).
Full article >>>with complex
petals
The importance of flicker effect can be demonstrated by training honeybees to visit food placed on cards with patterns.
Full article >>>For example, in one
class of
mutations,
sepals develop where
petals should and carpals develop where
stamens should.
Full article >>>auricle. A small earlike projection from the
base of a
leaf or
petal.
available water. The amount of water held in the soil that can be extracted by
plants.
awn. A slender bristlelike
organ usually at the apex of a
plant structure.
Full article >>>Habenaria hookeri - a
long-spurred orchid with
base leaves and
petals converging under the upper
sepalSynonyms: Hooker's orchid
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Full article >>>Flowers evolved to facilitate
animal, especially insect, based pollen
dispersal.
Petals are modified leaves.
Angiosperms currently dominate the flora of the world -- over three fourths of all living
plants are
angiosperms.
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