Botanical Terms

Click the word for a verbal description; click the camera for visual examples.

3-merous

4-merous

5-merous

2-ranked

3-ranked

4-ranked

anther

axillary

caudate

circumscissile

decurrent

distichous

helicoid

inferior ovary

internode

involucral bracts

keel

ovary

pappus

plumose

sepals

source-identified seed

spadix

staminode

standard

stigma

superior ovary

tidal freshwater swamp

Links to:

Leaf Structure & Evolution

Habitat Terms

Habit Terms

Plant Morphology Terms

Natural Communities

Other glossaries...

From Wayne's Word, an online textbook of natural history

From vPlants: a Virtual Herbarium of the Chicago Region

Plant Glossary

From Vascular Plant Systematics, by Radford, Dickison, Massey, and Bell

Phytography - Morphological Evidence (illustrated)

From the Plant Information Center at UNC, Chapel Hill

Student Botanical Dictionary

From the Australian Pea-flowered Legume Research Group

Character Terms

From the Virginia Department of Conservation and Recreation

Natural Communities Glossary of Technical Terms