Petaline


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Pet´al`ine


a.1.(Bot.) Pertaining to a petal; attached to, or resembling, a petal.
Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary, published 1913 by G. & C. Merriam Co.
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Petaline nectaries in Swietenia macrophylla (Meliaceae): Distribution and structural aspects.
Distribution and structural aspects of extrafloral nectaries in leaves of Pyrostegia venusta (Bignoniaceae)/Distribuicao e aspectos estruturais de nectarios extraflorais em folhas de Pyrostegia venusta (Bignoniaceae)
Other species of Leontice like Leontice leontopetalum and its alkaloid petaline chloride has been tested on guinea pig isolated smooth muscle and heart.
Screening of antiradical and antioxidant activity of monodesmosides and crude extract from Leontice smirnowii tuber
In that case, outer staminodes may be differentiated as outer petaline structures, which confuses the limits between petals and staminodes as in Scytopetalaceae (Appel, 1996), or there is an outer receptacular corona without clear homology with staminodes (Passifloraceae: Bernhard, 1999a).
Staminodes: Their morphological and evolutionary significance

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