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{{Short description|Fusion of multiple whorls of a flower to petals}} |
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[[File:Nepenthesadnata1.jpg|thumb|The tropical [[pitcher plant]] ''[[Nepenthes adnata]]'' is named for its adnate leaf bases]] |
[[File:Nepenthesadnata1.jpg|thumb|The tropical [[pitcher plant]] ''[[Nepenthes adnata]]'' is named for its adnate leaf bases]] |
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'''Adnation''' in angiosperms is the fusion of two or more [[Whorl (botany)|whorls]] of a flower, e.g. [[stamen]]s to [[petal]]s".<ref>{{cite book| title=A Dictionary of Botany | url=https://archive.org/details/dictionaryofbota00litt | url-access=registration |page=[https://archive.org/details/dictionaryofbota00litt/page/9 9]| editor1-last=Little | editor1-first=R. John | editor2-last=Jones |editor2-first=C. Eugene | publisher= Van Nostrand Reinhold Company| location=New York | year=1980 |ISBN=0-442-24169-0}}</ref> This is in contrast to [[connation]], the fusion among a single [[Whorl (botany)|whorl]].<ref>{{cite book| title=A Dictionary of Botany | url=https://archive.org/details/dictionaryofbota00litt | url-access=registration |page=[https://archive.org/details/dictionaryofbota00litt/page/91 91]| editor1-last=Little | editor1-first=R. John | editor2-last=Jones |editor2-first=C. Eugene | publisher= Van Nostrand Reinhold Company| location=New York | year=1980 |ISBN=0-442-24169-0}}</ref><ref name="Jackson">{{cite book|page=[https://archive.org/details/glossaryofbotani1928jack/page/89 89]|title=A Glossary of Botanic Terms with their Derivation and Accent|last=Jackson|first=Benjamin Daydon|edition=fourth|publisher=Gerald Duckworth & Co. Ltd.|location=London|year=1928|url=https://archive.org/details/glossaryofbotani1928jack}}</ref> |
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'''Adnation''' in [[plant]]s is the developmental fusion of different organs, for example, a [[leaf]] to a [[plant stem|stem]], or the filament of a [[stamen]] to a [[corolla (flower)|corolla]]. This is in contrast to [[connation]], the fusion of similar organs. |
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[[File:Primula vulgaris ENBLA06 2.jpg|thumb|left|The stamens of ''[[Primula vulgaris]]'' are adnate to the corolla]] |
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Latest revision as of 12:56, 20 January 2024
Adnation in angiosperms is the fusion of two or more whorls of a flower, e.g. stamens to petals".[1] This is in contrast to connation, the fusion among a single whorl.[2][3]
References
[edit]- ^ Little, R. John; Jones, C. Eugene, eds. (1980). A Dictionary of Botany. New York: Van Nostrand Reinhold Company. p. 9. ISBN 0-442-24169-0.
- ^ Little, R. John; Jones, C. Eugene, eds. (1980). A Dictionary of Botany. New York: Van Nostrand Reinhold Company. p. 91. ISBN 0-442-24169-0.
- ^ Jackson, Benjamin Daydon (1928). A Glossary of Botanic Terms with their Derivation and Accent (fourth ed.). London: Gerald Duckworth & Co. Ltd. p. 89.
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