Category: E
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Equitant
With the base of one leaf clasping the base of the next leaf up and opposite, which in turn clasps the base of the next. Riding astraddle. With the base of the leaf clasping the stem or the leaf above it and which in turn clasps the next leaf above; not referring to a leaf…
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Equilateral
Equal-sided.
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Equatorial
Used in spheres or globe-like shapes to denote the area between the lower (or proximal) and upper (or distal) halves, halfway up and all around.
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Equator
In pollen, the border of the proximal and distal parts. A line encircling a round body and equidistant from both poles. A conceptual boundary encircling the eyeball, effectively separating the eye into anterior and posterior halves.
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Epulvinate
(Of petiole) without a thickening.
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Eprophyllate
Without a prophyll; Without subtending bracteoles [used rarely in Cyperaceae and Juncaceae].
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Eponym
A name honouring a person (though not necessarily repeating the subject’s name). A procedure, disease or part of the body which is named after a person. Name for a structure, condition, or process that includes or is formed from the name of a person (e.g., Meniere’s disease, Parkinsonism). A disease, structure, or species named after…
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Epizoochorous, epizoochory
Dispersal of plants by the exterior of animals (e.g. seeds on fur or on feet).
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Epitype
A specimen that is chosen for its completeness to support a fragmentary holotype.
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Epitropous
Anatropous ovule with its raphe turned away from the axis when ascending, facing the axis when suspended.