What does extragynoecial mean?
Extragynoecial means (botany) Outside of the gynoecium.
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Pronunciation varies by accent · adjective
(botany) Outside of the gynoecium.
As with most Annonaceae, however, Disepalum flowers are apocarpous, and so it is hypothesized that pollen tubes are likely to be able to grow between contiguous carpels: this extragynoecial growth of pollen tubes has been reported in other apocarpous angiosperms [97 ,98 ,99 ].
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Extragynoecial means (botany) Outside of the gynoecium.
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As with most Annonaceae, however, Disepalum flowers are apocarpous, and so it is hypothesized that pollen tubes are likely to be able to grow between contiguous carpels: this extragynoecial growth of pollen tubes has been reported in other apocarpous angiosperms [97 ,98 ,99 ].
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