A fern with false indusia has its sporangia at the edges of pinnae or pinnules.
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Louis the 14th of France was well known for growing an enorm…
Louis the 14th of France was well known for growing an enormous quantity of this type of plant at his gardens at the Versailles palace:
The most intense solar energy is experienced:
The most intense solar energy is experienced:
The person who names a taxon is called the author or authori…
The person who names a taxon is called the author or authority, and there are separate authors for a genus, species and any infraspecific category. But the authority most often cited is the species authority.
Orchids are dicotyledonous plants.
Orchids are dicotyledonous plants.
Certain mutations occur only in a certain portion of the gro…
Certain mutations occur only in a certain portion of the growing point, so only some or part of the leaves show the mutation. This is called:
The leaves of many types of palms have a natural folding tha…
The leaves of many types of palms have a natural folding that looks pleated, which turns out to add strength to those leaves during strong storms. Which term is applicable to that folding:
Warm wet air at the equator rises, gets cooler, is less able…
Warm wet air at the equator rises, gets cooler, is less able to hold moisture, and precipitation occurs.
which flower type has radial symmetry:
which flower type has radial symmetry:
When two authorities are cited after the specific epithet, o…
When two authorities are cited after the specific epithet, one in parentheses before the second, it means the second one is giving the first authority (in parentheses) credit.