capitula in English

noun
1
a compact head of a structure, in particular a dense, flat cluster of small flowers or florets, as in plants of the daisy family.
The temporal phases of staminate and pistillate flowers never overlap in the same capitulum , although different capitula of the same individual plant may be in different phases at any given moment.
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1. Capitulum The morphology of the capitula suggests they are not well adapted for pollination by other nocturnal vectors such as bats or moths

2. During maturation the sporopollenin framework of the capitula and foveolate layer become obscured by the addition of electron-dense, non-acetolysis-resistant materials.

3. ‘The temporal phases of staminate and pistillate flowers never overlap in the same Capitulum, although different capitula of the same individual plant …

4. Germination of nonplumed achenes in intact capitula was never greater than 21%, regardless of time of collection, because of the presence of the involucral bracts.

5. Pseudoeriocoryne in the subgenus Eriocoryne comprises four species, and is delimited mainly by Acaulescence and an inflorescence with congested capitula surrounded by a rosette of leaves.

6. Flowers in this tree species lack a perianth and are arranged in capitula surrounded by large (up to 10 cm x 5 cm) Bracts that at anthesis turn from green to white, losing their photosynthetic capability

7. ‘The distinguishing characteristic of this species is the extremely Bullate leaves.’ ‘Paranephelius is composed of acaulescent herbs with showy, yellow capitula, sessile in the center of a basal rosette of leaves, often with Bullate leaf surfaces.’

8. Furthermore, the production of morphologically and ecologically indistinguishable ray and disc achenes by A. umbellatus var. umbellatus would suggest that the significance of heterogamous capitula, specifically the production of ray florets, rests in their attractiveness of pollinators.