Aestivation (botany)
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Aestivation (botany)
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Aestivation or estivation is the positional arrangement of the parts of a flower within a flower bud before it has opened. Aestivation is also sometimes referred to as praefoliation or prefoliation, but these terms may also mean vernation: the arrangement of leaves within a vegetative bud. Aestivation can be an important taxonomic diagnostic; for example Malvaceae flower buds have valvate sepals, with the exception of the genera Fremontodendron and Chiranthodendron, which have sometimes been mis
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Positional arrangement of the parts of a flower within a flower bud before it has opened
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https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Aestivation_(botany)
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2023-08-20T13:41:17Z
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