Staminode definitions

staminode

a sterile stamen, often rudimentary.
Found on http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Glossary_of_botanical_terms

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Staminode

In botany, a staminode is an often rudimentary, sterile or abortive stamen, which means that it does not produce pollen. Staminodes are frequently inconspicuous and stamen-like, usually occurring at the inner whorl of the flower, but are also sometimes long enough to protrude from the corolla. Sometimes, the staminodes are modified to produce nect...
Found on http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Staminode

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staminode

a stamen without pollen; often lacking an anther, often reduced in size, sometimes elaborated in structure. adj. staminodial
Found on http://florabase.dpaw.wa.gov.au/help/glossary

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Staminode

a sterile stamen or stamen-like structure, in orchids used only for the slipper orchids, Paphiopedilum and Cypripedium
Found on http://orchidfetish.com/glossary.html

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Staminode

• (n.) A staminodium.
Found on http://thinkexist.com/dictionary/meaning/staminode/

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staminode

A sterile stamen; often these are highly modified as in the column wings of Thelymitra and Pterostylis.
Found on http://www.anbg.gov.au/cpbr/cd-keys/orchidkey/html/glossary.html

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staminode

(from the article `angiosperm`) ...modification. In many angiosperms, one or more of the stamens is modified and lacks functional anthers. In the most common modification, the ... ...be fused into a tube in most Meliaceae and some Rutaceae. In many Zygophyllaceae, filaments have a basal appendage. Anthers have two locules and ... [2 ...
Found on http://www.britannica.com/eb/a-z/s/151

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Staminode

a sterile stamen or other nonfunctional structure occupying the position and having the overall appearance of a stamen
Found on http://www.calflora.net/botanicalnames/botanicalterms.html

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staminode

A sterile stamen, often rudimentary. ... (09 Oct 1997) ...
Found on http://www.encyclo.co.uk/local/20973

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Staminode

a sterile stamen or other nonfunctional structure occupying the position and having the overall appearance of a stamen
Found on http://www.encyclo.co.uk/local/21767

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Staminode

A reduced or otherwise modified, nonfunctional stamen.
Found on http://www.encyclo.co.uk/local/22034

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Staminode

Stam'i·node noun (Botany) A staminodium.
Found on http://www.encyclo.co.uk/webster/S/183

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Staminode

a sterile stamen or stamen-like structure, in orchids used only for the slipper orchids, Paphiopedilum and Cypripedium
Found on http://www.orchidspecies.com/glossary.htm

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staminode

abortive stamen or organ resembling it, without an anther
Found on https://www.encyclo.co.uk/local/22591

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