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(In Pandanaceae fruits) the upper (stigmatic) part of the phalange or part-fruit. The cap of a mushroom, bolete, polypore, tooth fungus, chanterelle, and so on.  

Shaped like a cap.  

Coloured. Showing an unusual colour.  

(In grasses) a segment of the shoot that includes an internode together with the leaf and a portion of the node at the upper end of the internode, and a bud and portion of the node at the lower end.  

Based on function and physiology, relating to the science of plant (parts) function and processes. Relating to the study of the mechanical, physical, and biochemical functions of a living organism. Referring to physiology and the regular functions of the body. Relating to the operation of an organ, influenced by the interplay of its physical and…

The taxonomic rank below Kingdom and above Class, e.g. Pteridophyta or Anthophyta. In taxonomy, one of the primary divisions of a kingdom, one division higher than a class.  

Tree-like diagram depicting relationships.  

Type of classification based on evolutionary relationships, as deduced, for example, from morphological, chemical and DNA characters. The actual and ultimately unknowable evolutionary history of a group that includes, among many things, derivation, time and amount and type of change over time; it is not the output of a computer algorithm, which is merely an…

(In cladistics) the 2-dimensional grouping of taxa according to assumed common ancestries.  

Relating to ancestral history. Pertaining to the development of the species. Contrast with ontogenetic. The study of evolutionary relationships among groups of organisms. Concerning the development of a race or phylum.