Category: A
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Apostapetalum
That part of the corolla tube and lobes above the zone with fused/adnate stamens [unusual term].
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Aposporous
(In ferns) where prothalli are formed directly from outgrowths from the frond.
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Aposepalous
With the sepals separate, not connate.
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Apophytic
Indigenous but growing in a humaninfluenced habitat (mainly a continental European term).
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Apophyte
A native plant that has invaded disturbed land such as abandoned fields.
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Apophysis
Enlargement on the stem or stalk; The part of the cone scale that remains exposed when the cone is closed. A growth of bone, not at a joint. A projection, especially from a bone (e.g., a tubercle); an outgrowth without an independent center of ossification. An osseous projection develops at the point where a tendon…
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Apopetalous
With the petals separate, not fused.
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Apomorphy, apomorphic
(Of a character in cladistics) derived.
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Apomixy, apomyxis
The process of asexual reproduction.
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Apomictic
Of a taxon reproducing asexually. Reproducing by seed but without fertilization by the pollen nucleus (though sometimes stimulated by pollination), so that the resulting seedlings are genetically identical to the mother plant. Plant varieties that habitually reproduce thus are called apomicts.