andrœciumn.
Bot.
A name given to the whole of the male organs of a flower.
ΘΚΠ
the world > plants > part of plant > reproductive part(s) > flower or part containing reproductive organs > [noun] > parts of > stamen or pistil > stamen(s)
thrum1578
chive1664
stamen1668
attire1672
semet1672
capillament1726
filament1756
phalanx1771
androphore1821
staminodium1821
andrœcium1839
staminode1857
phalange1872
1839 in J. Lindley Introd. Bot. 172.
1857 A. Henfrey Elem. Course Bot. §196 The stamens collectively constitute the andrœcium.
1861 R. Bentley Man. Bot. i. iv. 216 The staminal system, taken collectively, is termed the Andrœcium from its constituting the male system of Flowering Plants.
Draft additions 1997
anˈdroecial adj.
ΘΚΠ
the world > plants > part of plant > reproductive part(s) > flower or part containing reproductive organs > [adjective] > having or relating to parts > of or having stamens or pistils
androecial1909
1909 in Webster
1951 G. H. M. Lawrence Taxon. Vascular Plants iv. 68 More recent views..differ in some respects from the..better-known classical theories of androecial origins.
1992 Canad. Jrnl. Bot. 70 1775/2 The androecial arrangement with four diagonal (here alternipetalous) stamens is a characteristic with a great predictive value.
This entry has not yet been fully updated (first published 1884; most recently modified version published online June 2011).
<
n.1839