Category: P
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Peduncle
(Of an inflorescence) the lower unbranched part or stalk, as distinct from the rachis; The general name for a flower stalk bearing either a solitary flower, a cluster or the common stalk of several pedicellate or sessile flowers. (I prefer to keep peduncle for the unbranched common stalk of the inflorescence, with branches called firstorder…
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Pedomorphic
With some traits that were previously seen only in juveniles retained in the adult; more commonly spelled paedomorphic.
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Pedicellate
(Of flowers) stalked. Borne on a pedicel (stalk of a single flower in an inflorescence).
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Pedicel
The stalk of an individual flower in an inflorescence; (In Gymnospermae) used as the stalk of a scale [not a recommended usage]; (In pteridophytes) the stalk supporting the sporangium; (In Compositae) applied to the stalk of individual capitula when plants bear several capitula in their inflorescences; Linnaeus used peduncle for ‘the stem bearing flowers and…
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Pedatisect
Side lobes divided almost to midrib.
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Pedatipartite
With pedate division, the lobes almost free.
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Pedatilobed
Side lobes lobed, i.e. divided but not to the midrib.
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Pedatifid
With pedate division, the lobes shallow.
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Pedate-laciniate
Minutely dissected at the margin with the narrow lobes almost free but joined at the base.
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Pedate
Close to palmate, but the side lobes or divisions further lobed or divided successively, one from the other, thus not all arising from the same point. Palmately cleft, with the lobes again cleft.