subfloral
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subfloral (not comparable)
- (botany) Beneath a flower
- 1961, Lake S. Gill & Frank G. Hawksworth, The Mistletoes: A Literature Review, page 3:
- DeCandolle (1830) divided the family into two groups based on the presence or absence of a subfloral bract or calyculus.
- 1966, Candollea - Volume 21, Issue 1, page 88:
- Gynoecial plants somewhat more robust, bracts to 1050- 1350 mu wide (leaves near gynoecia with disk often 4-5 cells high and 12 cells wide at base); bracts and subfloral leaves grading into each other, maximally variable with vigor;
- 2014, Flora of North America Editorial Committee, Flora of North America North of Mexico: Bryophyta - Part 2, →ISBN, page 191:
- The stems in this family often bear subfloral innovations below the gametangia.