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Ined
Placed after a taxon name to mean ineditus, ‘unpublished’.
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Indusium
(In ferns) a thin flap of tissue covering the sorus when young (and sometimes also when old); A cup covering the stigma (as in Goodeniaceae). (Of stinkhorns) A lacy veil that hangs down from the cap.
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Indurescent
Becoming hardened.
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Indurate, indurated
Hardened.
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Induplicate
(In sepals or petals) the margins folded inwards but not overlapping; (In palms) V-shaped in cross-section. With the edges turned inward. Curved inwards but not overlapping or v-shaped in cross-section, usually with reference to margins.
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Indument, indumentum
Any covering of hairs or scales; indumentum is the preferred term. The covering of plant parts, usually hairs or scales.
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Indigo
(Colour) deep blackish-blue (from the dye obtained from Indigofera species). Group of plants that yield a blue dye. A blue dye obtained from plants or made synthetically.
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Indigenous
Occurring naturally in the area. A native of the country in which it is found. Natural or inborn. Native to or representative of a country or region. Of plant species in relation to any country or geographical region: native to that region—that is, growing there in the wild and believed always to have occurred there…
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Indicator
(Usually followed by ‘species’), any plant or taxon that is thought to show a condition of the environment (e.g. a copper indicator or an indicator of human disturbance). Usually refers to a pH indicator. Various dyes change color at a specific degree of acidity or alkalinity, and this color change is used as an indicator…
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Indeterminate
(Of a shoot) capable of ± indefinite extension; (Of an inflorescence) with the lower or outer flowers opening before the upper or inner ones, and with the floral axis continuing to grow indefinitely.
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