tepal in English

noun
1
a segment of the outer whorl in a flower that has no differentiation between petals and sepals.
However, these authors did not observe the initiation of tepals and stamens on the same whorl on individual flowers.

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1. Now look closely at the lower tepal (petal-like structure) and you will see a very dead bee (yellow arrow) surrounded by stamens (pollen producing organs) that have Abscised

2. ‘However, their Androecia and gynoecia present considerable diversity.’ ‘The Caribbean species differs in tepal pubescence as well as in important characters of the androecium and the relationship may not be so close as previously assumed.’

3. ‘However, their Androecia and gynoecia present considerable diversity.’ ‘The Caribbean species differs in tepal pubescence as well as in important characters of the androecium and the relationship may not be so close as previously assumed.’