intercarpellary

English

Etymology

inter- +‎ carpellary

Adjective

intercarpellary (not comparable)

  1. (botany) Between carpels
    • 2015 December 3, “Phylogenetic Reconstruction, Morphological Diversification and Generic Delimitation of Disepalum (Annonaceae)”, in PLOS ONE‎, →DOI:
      We also suggest that the formation of pollen octads may be selectively advantageous when pollinator visits are infrequent, although this would only be applicable if multiple ovules could be fertilized by each octad; since the flowers are apocarpous, this would require an extragynoecial compitum to enable intercarpellary growth of pollen tubes.
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