Category: N

Prominently veined.  

(In nomenclature) type specimen chosen when the original type has been destroyed, or is untraceable after serious searching, and no original material exists from which a lectotype can be chosen; a neotype should resemble closely the protologue description and come from the same area if at all possible. A replacement culture for a lost holotype…

The tropical part of the American continents, i.e. central Mexico and the Caribbean islands to N Chile, Paraguay and S Brazil. Tropical portion of the Western Hemisphere, from southern Mexico and Florida to just south of Paraguay, including all the Caribbean islands.  

Of plants thought to show juvenile characteristics, presumed to be evidence of arrested development. The condition in which plants become fertile when still vegetatively in a juvenile stage. The retention of juvenile features of ancestral species in the adult features of later species.    

A newly introduced plant; A naturalised alien [not recommended].  

Tendency to grow away from the earth’s centre, straight upwards.  

Organ(s) in which nectar is formed. (Formerly used incorrectly for organs not necessarily forming nectar, such as spurs). A cavity or gland that secretes nectar. A structure (knob-like, pouch-like, or tubular) within a flower (sometimes on a petal-base) that secretes the nectar collected by insects. The nectar-secreting organ, usually at the base of the flowers…

With nectar. Bearing honey, or having a nectary.  

Nectar-producing.