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setSC-Helosis-6
Title
<em>Helosis</em> - male flower
Author
Sherwin Carlquist Santa Barbara California USA
Keywords
Helosis, male flower
Description
Helosis, male flower
The surface of an inflorescence of a Costa Rican Helosis, showing male flowers among the polygonal scales that have shrunken away from each other. The male flowers are reddish and bear white-tipped stamens. A male flower pulled away and shown on its side is at upper right: two petals diverge, and the stamens are in its center.

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Publisher
Botanical Society of America
Additional data
copyright: Carlquist, BSA
license: http://images.botany.org/index.html#license
Collection
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Botanical Name
<em>Helosis</em>
Location Country
Costa Rica
Categories
  • Image
  • Not a cover image

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