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involucre
Term Information
Accession
PO:0009100
Name
involucre
Ontology
plant_anatomy
Synonyms
involucro (Spanish, exact), 総苞 (Japanese, exact)
Alternate IDs
None
Definition
A collective phyllome structure composed of two or more involucral bracts at the base of a cluster of flowers, as found in Asteraceae or Compositae.
Source:
POC:curators
Comment
The burs or bristles in Cenchrus and Pennisetum are not involucres because the fused structures are branches and not bracts.
Subset
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