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Equal-sided.  

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.  

(Of petiole) without a thickening.  

Without a prophyll; Without subtending bracteoles [used rarely in Cyperaceae and Juncaceae].  

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…

Dispersal of plants by the exterior of animals (e.g. seeds on fur or on feet).  

A specimen that is chosen for its completeness to support a fragmentary holotype.  

Anatropous ovule with its raphe turned away from the axis when ascending, facing the axis when suspended.  

The second part of the scientific name, the species-identifying part (e.g. in the name Pteridium aquilinum the ‘aquilinum’ part is the specific epithet).