nutant

(ˈnjuːtənt)

adj

(Botany) botany having the apex hanging down: nutant flowers.

[C18: from Latin nūtāre to nod]

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Decameron 7: under the sign of Venus

Flowers nutant, lax and secund strongly zygomorphic, emerging as a downcurved hook, petals twist tightly post-anthesis; sepals to 5.5cm long, broad lanceolate, mucronate, carinate., pale green when immature, dark brown at base when dried; petals more than twice as long as sepals, pink brown, becoming green at center; filaments, anthers and style with pinkish tinge.

New localities and taxonomic synopsis of Puya mima (Bromeliaceae), a charismatic and important Puya from Central Peru

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