ADJECTIVE
- having a corolla composed of partially or wholly fused petals forming a corolla shaped like a tube or funnel
How To Use sympetalous In A Sentence
- These are the plants characterized by sympetalous corollas, epipetalous stamens, and having the number of stamens equal or less than the number of corolla lobes.
- The sympetalous families are believed to be members of a younger group (appearing in Early Tertiary) than the dialypetalous ones.
- A sympetalous corolla typically consists of three parts - the lobes, the throat, and the tube.
- While the perianth can lack the corolla, much of the terminology associated with the perianth deals with shapes of sympetalous corollas.
- Please take some time to observe the flower shapes among the various sympetalous flowers.
- _Ledum_, and _Monotropa_ among the sympetalous heaths, are a remarkable instance of this. Species and Varieties, Their Origin by Mutation
- The fusion of the corolla lobes to a sympetalous corolla is late (late sympetaly) taking place by meristem incorporation and fusion across the backs of the anther primordia.
